Israel’s state comptroller released a report critical of the country’s government and the army. The report charged the government with giving too much money to the fervently Orthodox community, and the Israel Defense Force with failing to take effective action against terrorists and criminals. Miriam Ben- Porat attributed what she called the preferential treatment given to yeshivas to political pressure on the government and the coalition agreements Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed with the fervently Orthodox parties when he formed his government in 1996.
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