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MK Boaz Bismuth chairs a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, January 15, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 17, 2026, 4:51 pm
As coalition collapses around him, Netanyahu revives Haredi draft exemption bill
Renewal of deliberations ‘just an attempt to delay the election date,’ says senior Haredi political official. Lapid accuses PM of ‘selling out Israel’s security’
By Sam Sokol
Housing and Construction Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf at the Knesset in Jerusalem, January 27, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 24, 2025, 9:08 pm
Ultra-Orthodox willing to ‘leave the country’ over conscription issue, says Goldknopf
Adviser to United Torah Judaism leader tells ToI that party will return to government as soon as bill exempting Haredim from military service is passed into law
By Sam Sokol
Likud's Benjamin Netanyahu, right, with UTJ MK Moshe Gafni in the Knesset on December 28, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
July 18, 2025, 4:14 am
After quitting government, Haredim launch scathing attacks on PM, national religious MKs
‘The ones who are leading the war against Torah students are the religious Zionists,’ says UTJ’s Gafni, arguing it was a mistake to prioritize judicial overhaul over conscription bill
By Sam Sokol
MK Avi Maoz, left, and Likud head Benjamin Netanyahu after signing a coalition deal on November 27, 2022. (Courtesy, Likud)
July 17, 2025, 6:44 pm
Far-right MK Avi Maoz quits coalition, leaving Netanyahu without Knesset majority
Sole Noam party MK notes coalition now only has 60 seats in Knesset, but move, coming after ultra-Orthodox parties also pulling away, won’t bring down government for now
By Sam Sokol
Religious Services Minister Michael Malkieli announces the Shas party's decision to quit Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government, July 16, 2025. (Yaakov Cohen)
July 16, 2025, 11:17 pm
Shas bolts gov’t for failing to enshrine Haredi non-enlistment in law, remains part of PM’s coalition
Council of Torah Sages decries ‘persecution against yeshiva students,’ instructs party representatives ‘to immediately resign from all positions in the government’
By Sam Sokol
MK Yuli Edelstein delivers a statement at the Knesset in Jerusalem on July 15, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 15, 2025, 9:32 pm
Edelstein stands ground on draft-dodger sanctions as Shas set to depart coalition
‘Public will not forgive those who fail to rise to the occasion,’ powerful Likud MK warns Haredi parties, whose exit will not topple Netanyahu government for the time being
By Sam Sokol
Members of the United Torah Judaism party's Degel Hatorah faction write letters of resignation in Knesset Finance Committee chairman Moshe Gafni's office, July 14, 2025. (Courtesy)
July 15, 2025, 2:37 am
United Torah Judaism quits gov’t to protest new proposal on army enlistment exemptions
Haredi party’s Degel Hatorah faction claims coalition ‘repeatedly violated commitments to care for status of yeshiva students’; Edelstein said refusing further concessions on bill
By Sam Sokol
Shas chairman Aryeh Deri speaks with United Torah Judaism MK Moshe Gafni in the Knesset, December 14, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 14, 2025, 3:21 pm
Haredi parties threaten to bolt coalition unless conscription exemption bill advances
UTJ’s Degel Hatorah faction warns it could leave government within 24 hours unless presented with draft legislation exempting yeshiva students from military service
By Sam Sokol
Defense Minister Israel Katz (left) and Shas chairman Aryeh Deri speak in the Knesset, December 31, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 13, 2025, 5:29 am
Why did the Haredim agree to an enlistment plan containing sanctions?
Shas, Degel Hatorah chose to support new outline containing scaled back sanctions in an effort to ‘buy time’ in the face of a pending wave of IDF conscription orders, say experts
By Sam Sokol
United Torah Judaism chairman Yitzchak Goldknopf attends a faction meeting in the Knesset, May 19 , 2025. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
June 12, 2025, 5:21 pm
UTJ’s Goldknopf resigns from cabinet after Knesset fails to pass dissolution bill
Chairman of ultra-Orthodox party says enlistment compromise fails to live up to PM’s promises, says he can ‘no longer take part as a member of this government’
By Sam Sokol
UTJ lawmakers Ya'akov Tessler and Moshe Gafni attend a vote on the proposal to dissolve the Knesset, Jerusalem, June 12, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 12, 2025, 12:36 pm
After compromise, Haredi parties back off threat to dissolve Knesset and trigger elections
Opposition goes ahead with doomed vote in bid to strip leverage from Shas and UTJ, who had warned they would support toppling of government unless it backed friendly IDF draft bill
By Sam Sokol and Stuart Winer
Knesset member Aryeh Deri looks at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a vote on the state budget at the Knesset in Jerusalem, March 13, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
June 11, 2025, 5:51 pm
Coalition scrambles for deal with Haredim ahead of preliminary vote to dissolve Knesset
Shas said to be pressuring Degel Hatorah to give Netanyahu more time; no agreement has been reached yet, says Knesset legal adviser Sagit Afik
By Sam Sokol
United Torah Judaism MK Moshe Gafni speaks with Shas chairman Aryeh Deri in the Knesset plenum, June 11, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 10, 2025, 8:15 pm
Despite harsh rhetoric, Shas still seeks to avoid dissolution of Knesset
Ultra-Orthodox party’s chairman, Aryeh Deri, hopes last-minute talks with Netanyahu and Edelstein will yield enough progress to convince rabbis ‘to request a postponement’
By Sam Sokol
Shas party chairman and Interior Affairs Minister, Aryeh Deri, casts his ballot at a voting station in Jerusalem, during the Knesset Elections, on March 02, 2020 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 9, 2025, 9:28 pm
How likely are the Haredim to actually topple the government — and what comes next?
With Shas and UTJ using the threat of elections to pressure Netanyahu for concessions on enlistment issue, coalition insider puts chances of Knesset dissolving during summer session at 20%
By Sam Sokol
The entrance to the Shas party offices in Jerusalem on June 4, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 9, 2025, 4:13 pm
Shas to back preliminary vote to dissolve Knesset, citing stalled draft exemption law
Spokesperson for ultra-Orthodox party says it’s ‘disappointed with Netanyahu,’ as its rabbinical leaders insist no community members be conscripted into army
By ToI Staff and Sam Sokol
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