Netanyahu rejects criticism: 'Take Torah learners? They did that in Russia'
The Prime Minister comes to the defense of the Freeze Detentions Law and repels the criticism against him. In conversations with ministers, he attacked what he called the 'false propaganda' against the laws and claimed…
Assessment
Netanyahu is framing criticism of the detention freeze law as an attack on Torah study itself, equating any enforcement against yeshiva students with Soviet-style repression. He is trying to redefine the debate from military service exemptions to a defense of Jewish heritage. The twin defense of both the detention freeze and the Basic Law on Torah Study suggests a coordinated push to insulate these policies from legal or public backlash.