Shas party recommends Netanyahu to form government after commitment on Torah scholars

The Shas Council of Torah Sages has decided to recommend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the President of Israel as its candidate to form the government. The decision follows Netanyahu's statement reaffirming his support and commitment to regulating the status of Torah scholars. In its statement, Shas criticized left-wing parties for what it called an "unprecedented campaign of vilification, defamation, and persecution against the ultra-Orthodox community and Torah scholars."