Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly meeting at the moment with Likud MK Yuli Edelstein, the chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, to discuss highly contentious legislation regarding Haredi enlistment in the IDF.
The meeting, reported by Channel 12 news, comes as the Haredi political parties in Netanyahu’s coalition have demanded immediate action on the long-stalled legislation.
Members of the committee chaired by Edelstein have yet to be presented with a draft of the revised legislation, whose sanctions on draft dodgers were reportedly watered down by the Likud MK last month as part of a last-ditch effort to prevent the Haredim from voting in favor of dissolving the Knesset.
The new version of the bill had been scheduled to come to a vote in the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee this coming week but was removed from the agenda, further angering Shas and United Torah Judaism, who have been boycotting votes on coalition legislation over the failure to exempt yeshiva students from military service.
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