\nA key meeting took place this morning to resolve tensions over the proposed legislation on drafting ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students into the IDF. Participants included Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs, Haredi party representatives, Coalition Chair MK Ofir Katz, and the Knesset\u2019s legal adviser.<\/p>\n
Cracks Within the Opposition?<\/strong> However, the right-wing Yisrael Beytenu is pushing to bring the bill to a vote regardless. Party sources say their goal is to \u201ctrap Shas\u201d by forcing them to choose sides, assuming Shas will avoid splitting from their ultra-Orthodox allies in United Torah Judaism (UTJ), who have publicly supported dissolving the Knesset.<\/p>\n Yisrael Beytenu also warns that if the vote is postponed, the Knesset could end up dissolving in December instead of November due to drawn-out negotiations.<\/p>\n If the Bill Fails, It\u2019s Off the Table for Six Months<\/strong> Netanyahu Scrambles to Hold Coalition Together<\/strong> Earlier that day, a dramatic announcement emerged from the Lithuanian-Haredi community: senior Rabbis Dov Landau and Moshe Hillel Hirsch of the Degel HaTorah faction of the UTJ instructed their party to support the dissolution of the Knesset. The entire UTJ party is now expected to align with this directive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A bill to disband the Knesset is expected to come to a vote today, amid growing coalition unrest surrounding the issue of the draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":26461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,2563,8],"tags":[6688,2210,6687,3103,1483,1511,6686,2693],"class_list":["post-26455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-idf","category-knesset","category-politics","tag-agudat-yisrael","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-degel-hatorah","tag-israeli-politics","tag-knesset","tag-shas","tag-ultra-orthodox-draft-bill","tag-yuli-edelstein"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nSome internal divisions remain. The centrist Yesh Atid party has expressed willingness to pull the dissolution bill if signs emerge of a coalition compromise\u2014or if the ultra-Orthodox Shas party formally announces it won\u2019t support the proposal.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/draft1-2.webp\")
\nAccording to Knesset procedure, if the bill to dissolve the Knesset fails today, it cannot be reintroduced for six months\u2014unless Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana makes a procedural exception.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/draft2.webp\")
\nPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held an emergency meeting Tuesday with MK Yuli Edelstein, chair of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, who has taken a hard line on enforcing penalties for draft evasion among Haredim.<\/p>\n