Neeman: Step By Step, Torah Law Will Become Binding

Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman took to the Knesset podium yesterday to try to calm the political storm he caused this week when he said that “step by step, Torah law will become the binding law in the State of Israel.” Neeman made his controversial remarks on Monday evening at a convention on Jewish law in Jerusalem.

Yesterday Neeman clarified his statements, saying they had been taken out of context. He said he meant that since the Israeli justice system is overburdened, an alternative system like the rabbinical court system could help relieve the pressure.

After his words on Monday were broadcast on Army Radio yesterday morning, Neeman appeared in the Knesset. But he did not retract his statements. “I hear the calls from all directions and I want to point things in the right direction,” Neeman told the Knesset.

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