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Gantz’s party withdraws all legislation in bid to clear path for bill to dissolve Knesset
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
National Unity chairman Benny Gantz orders his party to withdraw all its legislation from the plenum agenda on Wednesday, save for a bill to dissolve the Knesset.
The move is a response to “the coalition’s decision to introduce dozens of laws to overload the agenda and try to avoid a vote on dissolving the Knesset,” the opposition party says in a statement.
The bill to dissolve the Knesset comes amid threats by the ultra-Orthodox parties to break up the government over its failure to pass a law that would exempt the youths of their community from the military draft.
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