MK Avraham Ravitz (UTJ) met Thursday with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who is trying to enlist his support and that of MK Moshe Gafni (UTJ) for the current Kadima-led coalition. If Ravitz and Gafni were to join the coalition, it would retain a Knesset majority even if the Labor party were to leave.
Ravitz said he and Gafni would consider supporting Olmert if Olmert began to fulfill earlier promises, primarily by supporting government funding of hareidi-religious schools. Ravitz also asked that Olmert fund school repairs and school buses. When asked about the Winograd Commission’s recent report, which blamed Olmert for many failures in the Second Lebanon War, Ravitz explained that “the Winograd report is not the only or the primary issue that we take into consideration.”
Ravitz said he and Gafni would consider supporting Olmert if Olmert began to fulfill earlier promises, primarily by supporting government funding of hareidi-religious schools. Ravitz also asked that Olmert fund school repairs and school buses. When asked about the Winograd Commission’s recent report, which blamed Olmert for many failures in the Second Lebanon War, Ravitz explained that “the Winograd report is not the only or the primary issue that we take into consideration.”