JERUSALEM (VINnews)-The coalition’s controversial ultra-Orthodox draft exemption bill was placed back on the Knesset agenda Wednesday, with a discussion scheduled in the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee to advance the legislation toward final passage.
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Haredi political sources said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office proposed resuming committee work on the bill in an effort to delay elections until October. The ultra-Orthodox parties rejected the offer, preferring a September vote during the High Holidays, and are instead pressing for immediate dissolution of the Knesset.
Degel Hatorah spiritual leader Rabbi Dov Lando urged lawmakers “not to get drawn into political games” and to support dissolving the Knesset this Wednesday, according to reports from Haredi media.
The Haredi factions decided to force early elections after Netanyahu told them the coalition lacks a majority to pass the bill. He suggested waiting until after the 2026 elections and proposed an amendment to the Law of Continuity that would allow the next Knesset to continue working on the legislation. Both ideas were rejected.
The bill, which ostensibly aims to increase military conscription in the Haredi community while effectively enshrining exemptions for full-time yeshiva students, has faced significant opposition even within Netanyahu’s coalition. Critics describe it as legally questionable and riddled with loopholes.
The legislation was sidelined in March amid the outbreak of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman Boaz Bismuth later said he would continue advancing it.
The developments highlight ongoing tensions between the Haredi parties and the rest of the coalition over the sensitive issue of military service exemptions, a flashpoint in Israeli politics for decades.
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Every time they’ve done that in the past, they found themselves in a more precarious position.
The time has come for the Rabbanim to take back the reins and stop being bullied by the Peleg people and their cohorts.
The majority of Likud members as well as others understand the difference between true Lomdei Torah and the dreidels roaming the streets.
Where have we come, that a frum soldier who comes to Geula to buy the latest Schotenstein Daf Yomi volume is attacked and driven away by the liedegers
May Hashem have mercy on his children
The AG and courts are stupid. The charedim will never join the army wide scale . And thru force will just get even fewer sign up’s
Hire a professional Army
Then no more civil unrest
It’s pointless now it’s already election season what took them so long? The only way they can be taken seriously is if they follow up on threats to leave Bibi had them wrapped around his fingers
This will teach the courts not to start with the charedidm. I’m sure the AG is realy scared now? After all, she and the court are the ones blocking any draft bill from passing.
Suppose the rabbis get what they want and Knesset is dissolved. Then what? Will the next government be better?
There’s no better government coming next time. But with war likely to resume we kind of need a stable Coalition in place, otherwise miara is going to be in charge of the war and we know how that will end up
Congratulations! These guys are now in collaboration with the left to dismantle the government and destroy the country from within.
Standing up proud for our way of life. They wouldn’t dare put anybody’s way of life under threat, even in cases totally immoral like free abortion etc. but Chareidim have to stand up for their way of life, AND STAND UP THEY WILL!