From Knesset panel again extends emergency reservist call-up order, until September 30
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The Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee votes 8-5 to pass an extension of an emergency military call-up order until September 30.
The order was previously extended on August 18 by a close vote of 8-7, a week after the measure was put on the back burner due to the coalition being unable to muster a majority. The repeated extensions of the military call-up have long drawn criticism from opposition members, who accuse the government of overburdening exhausted reservists while simultaneously seeking to legislate draft exemptions for ultra-Orthodox men.
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