US EditionNetanyahu's Governing Coalition Is Fracturing. Here's What It Means for Israel and Gaza
ISRAEL, JUL 14 – United Torah Judaism's exit over a draft bill ending broad military exemptions threatens Netanyahu's one-seat majority amid Gaza ceasefire talks, with 7 party members resigning, reports say.
- In Jerusalem on Monday, the United Torah Judaism party said it was leaving the coalition, leaving Netanyahu with a 61-seat majority in parliament.
- Under an arrangement dating back to 1948, the ultra-Orthodox have been effectively exempted from military service if they devote themselves full-time to religious study, allowing longstanding policy exemptions.
- Six members of United Torah Judaism party hand in resignation letters overnight, with the 48-hour effect and end-of-July recess giving Netanyahu three months to seek a solution.
- Despite the shift, Netanyahu still has enough support within his government to secure a ceasefire, relying on two far-right parties opposed to ending the war with Hamas.
- Such a departure would strip Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of his parliamentary majority, risking government collapse and early elections.
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One of Israel's ultra-Orthodox parties, United Torah Judaism, said it was quitting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling coalition due to a long-running dispute over failure to draft a bill to exempt yeshiva students from military service. Six of the remaining seven members of UTJ wrote letters of resignation. Yitzhak Goldknopf, chairman of UTJ, had resigned a month ago. That would leave Netanyahu with a razor thin majority of 61 seats in t…
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