MK Sharren Haskel (New Hope), chairwoman of the Knesset Education Committee, claimed on Wednesday that the haredi parties are not joining the government because they are choosing not to, and not because of the veto of Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman.

"This is the government and the best solution we were able to bring, because otherwise we would have gone to fifth and sixth elections. With or without Netanyahu, we reached out to the haredi parties and invited them to negotiations," she said in an interview with the Kikar HaShabbat news website.


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