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Gantz’s party says it backs Knesset dissolution legislation filed by other opposition factions
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In a statement, Benny Gantz’s National Unity opposition party expresses support for legislation to dissolve the current Knesset, calling for the government to be “overthrown.”
This morning, the spiritual leaders of Degel HaTorah, one of the two factions that make up the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party, instructed their MKs to introduce a bill to dissolve the Knesset due to the coalition’s failure to pass a law exempting yeshiva students from conscription.
This prompted Yisrael Beytenu, The Democrats and Yesh Atid to likewise announce they would submit legislation for the Knesset’s dissolution for an initial vote next week.
National Unity itself did not announce the submission of such a bill alongside its fellow opposition parties.
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