The Israel Parliament decided today to held a full-scale debate on the case of Yossele Shumacher, the boy who was abducted, allegedly by his grandfather and other relatives, because the elder member of the family feared the child would not receive an education of sufficient Orthodoxy.
The boy has been missing since he was nine years old, about a year and a half ago. Motions calling for a debate, and sharply criticizing Israeli police for alleged “lack of action” on the case, were presented by Emma Talmi, of the Mapam party, and Elimelech Rimalt, of the Liberal party. Both also deplored what they called the religious community’s alleged “failure” to denounce the child’s abduction.
While the Knesset agreed to debate the motions, it is likely that the issue will not come to Parliament’s agenda until after the coming Passover recess.
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