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Netanyahu coalition threatened by conscription standoff with religious parties
- Prime Minister Netanyahu's coalition faces a crisis in June 2025 over a military conscription dispute in Israel involving Haredi parties threatening to dissolve the government.
- The crisis stems from a Supreme Court ruling last year ending Haredi draft exemptions, prompting nearly two years of simmering frustration and stalled legislation on an exemption law.
- Haredi politicians, backed by rabbis, have threatened to boycott coalition votes and topple the government if exemptions are not legislated soon, while opposition parties plan a dissolution bill next week.
- Since the ruling, about 20,000 draft summonses were issued to Haredim, with only hundreds complying and over 2,000 arrest warrants unexecuted as tensions rise during Israel’s war on Gaza.
- If Shas and United Torah Judaism withdraw support, Netanyahu will lose his Knesset majority, likely triggering elections amid declining public backing for his Gaza war policies.
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Israel: Will Ultra-Orthodox Jews' Opposition to Conscription Bring down Netanyahu's Gov't
( Middle East Monitor ) – It may not have occurred to David Ben-Gurion 77 years ago, when he approved a limited exemption from military service for a few hundred yeshiva students, that he was sowing the seeds of a crisis that would threaten Israel’s existence. The goal at the time was purely political, as he wanted to integrate the Haredim into the Zionist project. However, the “temporary exemptions” snowballed from individual exemptions to coll…
United Torah Judaism and Shas finally voted mostly against the dissolution of the Knesset, arguing that they had achieved principles of understanding with Netanyahu.
The right-wing government of Prime Minister Netanyahu threatened to break up during military service because of dealing with ultra-orthodox Jewish seminary students. But now it looks like a compromise has been found in the Knesset.
Netanyahu Faces Crisis: Will Israel's Knesset Dissolve Amid Conscription Conflict?
Israel's parliament is facing a potential dissolution due to a contentious conscription bill that could trigger early elections. With Netanyahu's coalition divided over military service exemptions for ultra-Orthodox seminary students, the political deadlock intensifies amid ongoing conflict with Hamas in Gaza.
Opposition moves to dissolve Knesset amid Draft Law deadlock
Crisis over ultra-Orthodox IDF exemptions escalates, with opposition pushing for elections and coalition unity hanging by a thread. By David Brummer, World Israel News Opposition parties in Israel’s Knesset announced plans to submit a bill on Wednesday to dissolve the government, amid growing tensions over the failure to pass a new law exempting ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students from military service. In a joint statement, opposition leaders said …
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