US EditionIsraeli Ultra-Orthodox Party Leaves Government over Conscription Bill
JERUSALEM DISTRICT, ISRAEL, JUL 14 – Degel HaTorah demands immediate passage of a draft exemption law for ultra-Orthodox Jews amid protests and Supreme Court rulings, holding four Knesset seats in a fragile coalition.
- Degel HaTorah, an Israeli ultra-Orthodox party, announced on Monday evening that it was leaving Prime Minister Netanyahu’s coalition due to the government's failure to deliver a new military conscription bill granting deferments to full-time yeshiva scholars.
- The crisis followed the government's repeated failure to present a final draft for the exemption bill, despite prior agreements and ongoing Supreme Court pressure.
- United Torah Judaism’s factions Degel HaTorah and Agudat Yisrael resigned after senior rabbis issued directives condemning the draft legislation as insufficient and calling for immediate resignation.
- A spokesperson quoted Rav Dov Landau saying the government increasingly restricts Torah learners and “participation in the government should be immediately terminated.”
- The withdrawal reduces Netanyahu's coalition to a narrow 61-seat majority, complicates governance, and raises the possibility of early elections when the Knesset reconvenes on October 19, 2025.
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In Israel, a long-running dispute over the ultra-Orthodox and military service has led to the party alliance leaving the government.
Because of the planned convocation of tens of thousands of ultra-orthodox Jews to serve in the military, a coalition partner of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared his withdrawal from the government.
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