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Monday, June 15, 2026
All legislation removed from today’s Knesset agenda as Haredi parties revolt over shelving of Daycare Law
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All legislation is removed from the plenum agenda this afternoon, after the Knesset’s ultra-Orthodox parties pledge to vote against all coalition bills.
“We have now informed the coalition chairman that due to the failure to put the Daycare Law on the agenda, we will not vote today in favor of coalition legislation in the Knesset plenum,” the United Torah Judaism and Shas parties declare in a joint statement.
The only votes will therefore be on three no-confidence measures by opposition parties.
The two Haredi parties earlier today threatened to boycott coalition legislation unless the so-called Daycare Bill, aimed at restoring daycare subsidies to the children of Haredi draft evaders, was placed on today’s legislative agenda.
According to Hebrew-language reports, the coalition was not expected to bring the so-called Daycare Law to the plenum this afternoon, following its approval by the Knesset Finance Committee last week, due to the opposition of Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionism party to the measure.
In August 2024, Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara ordered the Labor Ministry to cut daycare subsidies for the children of ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students who disobey military draft orders, explaining that since the High Court ruled that members of the ultra-Orthodox community must be inducted into the army, there was no longer a legal basis for the state to fund daycare for those who don’t comply. The Haredi-backed legislation is an attempt to circumvent the attorney general’s orders.
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