The bill would have ended subsidies for some 18,000 families with fathers that learn full-time in yeshiva.

Israel's High Court of Justice ruled on Wednesday that daycare for families of yeshiva students will remain subsidized until the end of the school year - drawing the ire of Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who proposed the bill to cut the subsidies. 

Lieberman introduced the plan in July, saying that the subsidies would only be granted if both the child's parents work at least 24 hours a week or are involved in academic or vocational studies, not Torah studies. 

This would have ended subsidies for some 18,000 families with fathers that learn full-time in a  yeshiva. ... Read More: i24