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Tuesday, April 16, 2019
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
United Torah Judaism says ready to go to new elections over Haredi draft law
United Torah Judaism says it is prepared to go to new elections, as it gears for tough coalition negotiations after the secularist right-wing Yisrael Beytenu party said it will condition its entry to the next coalition on the passage of the current Haredi army draft bill.
Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, March 10, 2019. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
The ultra-Orthodox party, which vehemently objects to the legislation, says it will insist that any yeshiva student will be exempt from military service if he is interested in studying.
“We are ordering the heads of ours local branches to remain on full alert in case — God forbid — that this issue isn’t solved,” the party says.
