Bennett opposes early elections, says enlistment fight can be resolved

15 October 2018, 2:32 pm

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Jewish Home party leader Naftali Bennett opposes early elections and suggests the fight over the ultra-Orthodox conscription bill is a manufactured political crisis that could easily be resolved.

“For us, there is only one date for election — November 2019. The government is good and should continue,” says key coalition partner Bennett at the weekly Jewish Home party faction meeting, as the Knesset resumes its parliamentary activities after a three-month recess.

“The conscription crisis can be solved. The bill can be passed. And it should be,” continues Bennett, adding that the “roots of this disagreement are fake.”

“Liberman and the Haredim know this and can fix it,” he says.

— Raoul Wootliff