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Thursday, November 27, 2025
Naftali Bennett calls proposed bill on ultra-Orthodox draft issue ‘anti-Zionist’
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"
Responding to the publication of MK Boaz Bismuth’s proposal for a bill to regulate ultra-Orthodox conscription, former prime minister Naftali Bennett states that “this is the most anti-Zionist law enacted in the history of the state” and says cannot be allowed to pass.
“This is final, this is the moment of truth. The government has made a final decision to pass the draft evasion law on a second and third reading. This is a declaration of war by the government on every reservist, every IDF soldier, and the entire serving public,” Bennett says.
“We will not let this thing pass. We will all unite together, religious, secular, right, left, and say no to the draft evasion law.”
Opposition Leader Yair Lapid uses the same epithet to describe the bill: “This anti-Zionist disgrace must not be allowed to pass. They can’t be allowed to humiliate the fighters like this, the wounded and the killed. This isn’t a law, this is lousy politics by crooks and draft-dodgers, at the expense of our children.”
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