Confirming ‘understandings reached,’ Shas and Degel HaTorah say ‘another few days’ needed to finalize Haredi enlistment bill

12 June 2025, 2:50 am

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Shas party leader MK Aryeh Deri, right, speaks with United Torah Judaism No. 2 MK Moshe Gafni during a Knesset plenum session in Jerusalem, February 10, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

After meeting with Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman Yuli Edelstein, the ultra-Orthodox Shas and Degel HaTorah parties confirm “understandings have been reached regarding the principles for the law preserving the status of yeshiva students.”

A joint statement from the factions says that “another few days are required to complete the final version [of the legislation],” and therefore their rabbinical leaders told lawmakers to hold off on voting to disband the Knesset for another week.

Degel HaTorah and Shas also urge opposition parties to delay the preliminary vote on disbanding the Knesset by a week, though they are rebuffed.