US Edition'Everyone Knows Elections Are Near': Haredi Parties Eye Coalition Exit over Draft Law Snag
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In A First, Shas Publicly Threatens To Bolt Coalition Over Draft Law
As a coalition crisis looms over the stalemate in the Chareidi draft law, the Shas party on Thursday threatened for the first time to withdraw from the coalition in the coming days. A message from senior party officials on the front page of the Shas newspaper Haderech on Thursday morning stated: “Immediately after Shavuos, the question of deciding on Shas’s continued path in the government and coalition will be placed on the table of the Moetzet…
'Everyone knows elections are near': Haredi parties eye coalition exit over draft law snag
Key ultra-Orthodox leaders have set next week as a deadline for progress, with one faction already signaling an exit. Shas, a faction close to Prime Minister Netanyahu, seeks a compromise but may follow suit
Against the backdrop of the Haredi ultimatum, Prime Minister Netanyahu summoned party representatives and Edelstein to a meeting. The proposal being put forward is for one of the hawkish MKs against the emerging outline to head the committee that will advance the Kerei reform.
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Draft Law Crisis Brings Knesset to a Standstill Frustrated by the lack of progress on a draft law, the chareidi parties have begun obstructing the Knesset’s work. The Knesset’s work primarily consists of passing laws. Every week, about 25 bills are brought before the Knesset on Wednesday for their preliminary readings. Every party has a weekly quota of new bills (based on the party’s size, with an additional allowance given to opposition parties…
After consulting with the elders of Israel, the leaders of the Haredi factions decided that the conscription law crisis would not be postponed to the winter conference and that if there is no significant progress in the enactment of the conscription law that would regulate the status of yeshiva students, the Haredi factions are expected to withdraw from the coalition in less than two weeks. Kikar Hashabbat has learned that, contrary to what is c…
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