In conversations with senior Yisrael Beitenu officials, party leader Avigdor Lieberman explained the party�s civil marriage bill is not atop of its demands as negotiations move ahead towards forming a coalition government.
According to Lieberman, topping the party�s list is legislation to provide a benefits package for discharged IDF soldiers, followed by legislation for a change in the form of government, only then followed by the civil marriage legislation.
Shas leader Eli Yishai states that if Yisrael Beitenu is willing to accept Shas� compromise, that civil marriage be permitted for the non-Jewish population, then the main barrier between the two sitting in the same coalition will have been removed.
(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)
