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MK Yitzhak Goldknopf, center, alongside Likud's Justice Minister Yariv Levin, left, and Defense Minister Israel Katz, right, during a Knesset vote on a bill to freeze arrests of Haredi draft evaders in Jerusalem, July 14, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 16, 2026, 4:50 pm
Pyrrhic victory on law banning arrests of draft dodgers could cost Netanyahu coalition at ballot box
Likud and its allies went to mat for an unpopular law meant to shield ultra-Orthodox from military conscription, losing vital support in the name of legislation that is already on its way to being struck down
By Tal Schneider
Political correspondent Ariela Karmel appears on today's Daily Briefing podcast with host Jessica Steinberg (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 13, 2026, 1:13 pm
Daily Briefing July 13: Coalition races to pass controversial laws before Knesset dissolves
Political correspondent Ariela Karmel discusses the raft of contentious legislation the government is pushing to shore up support from coalition partners ahead of October elections
By Jessica Steinberg and Ariela Karmel
Activists protest outside a court hearing in the trial of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, calling not to grant him a pardon, December 1, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 5, 2025, 11:54 am
Poll: Majority of Israelis oppose pardon for Netanyahu without an admission of guilt
Only 24.8% support Haredi draft-exemption bill in current state; opposition ticks up in separate survey, but it would still need to include an Arab party to form a government
By ToI Staff
Lawmakers in the Knesset plenum, September 10, 2025. (Dani Shem-Tov/ Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
October 22, 2025, 2:17 pm
Lacking majority, coalition pulls bills from Knesset agenda, freezing legislation
Days after returning from recess, coalition remains unable to pass laws as ultra-Orthodox parties continue boycott over failure to pass military draft exemptions
By Ariela Karmel
The building of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel in Jerusalem. (Flash90)
October 19, 2025, 11:46 pm
Coalition advances bill mandating mezuzahs, allowing Orthodox rituals in public spaces
Bill sparks outrage at idea of foisting Jewish Orthodox practices on public; proposed clause requiring religious tests for judges, giving new powers to rabbinic courts dropped
By Ariela Karmel and Rossella Tercatin
Left: National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, January 16, 2025; Right: Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, January 13, 2025. (Both photos by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 18, 2025, 10:35 pm
Otzma Yehudit to quit coalition Sunday; Religious Zionism condemns deal but remains
Otzma leader Ben Gvir says PM offered to fire IDF chief of Staff and credit him for it, a claim Netanyahu says is a lie
By Sam Sokol, Amy Spiro and ToI Staff
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting in the Knesset in Jerusalem, on November 18, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 24, 2024, 2:54 am
Coalition leaders said to agree on plan for axing AG, but put off public announcement
Still unclear whether move has enough support, given that it will likely spark massive protests; opposition slams government for focusing on issue when soldiers dying in Gaza
By ToI Staff and Sam Sokol
Left: Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf, leader of the United Torah Judaism party, June 26, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Right: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, September 9, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash 90)
September 12, 2024, 3:31 pm
Haredi leader said to tell PM he’d quit coalition over army draft issue if not for war
Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf complained to Netanyahu over government’s failure to solve matter, TV news reports
By ToI Staff
Chairman of the Shas party, MK Aryeh Deri, speaks during an interview at his home in Jerusalem, on April 15, 2024. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
July 10, 2024, 3:13 pm
Shas to resume voting with coalition, but Ben Gvir digs heels in, keeping crisis alive
As Haredi party backs off from confrontation, Otzma Yehudit party still refuses to support coalition legislation, though it agrees to vote down Wednesday’s opposition bills
By ToI Staff
Finance Minister and head of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich holds up a picture of Gaza Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar while arguing against a ceasefire in Gaza during a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on July 8, 2024.(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 8, 2024, 8:43 pm
Holding a Sinwar victory pic, Smotrich pans hostage deal; Lapid to PM: We’ll back it
Warning against ‘a defeat and humiliation’ as negotiations resume, Religious Zionism leader insists: ‘We will not be part of a deal to surrender to Hamas’
By Sam Sokol
Illustrative: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a plenum session and vote on reviving the ultra-Orthodox enlistment bill at the Knesset, Jerusalem, June 11, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 19, 2024, 11:57 am
Haredim threaten to bolt coalition as PM pulls ‘Rabbis Bill’ from Knesset agenda
Cancelation announced hours before vote was scheduled on contentious law, as Likud MKs voice opposition; Shas, UTJ issue veiled threats to topple government
By Elana Kirsh and Sam Sokol
National Unity chairman Benny Gantz announces his party's withdrawal from the government during a press conference at Kfar Maccabiah, June 9, 2024. (Sam Sokol/Times of Israel)
June 9, 2024, 11:49 pm
Gantz quits war government, says PM preventing ‘true victory’ over Hamas, urges elections
National Unity leader slams Netanyahu’s politicking and hesitation, vows to back hostage deal proposal and do the right thing ‘at any political cost’; coalition still has majority
By Sam Sokol
Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on May 27, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 2, 2024, 1:00 pm
Avigdor Liberman says Netanyahu offered him defense minister post
Hawkish opposition figure says he won’t accept role in beleaguered government, calls for elections now
By ToI Staff
Jews attend a prayer for the return of the Israeli hostages at the Western Wall on March 21, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 22, 2024, 2:21 pm
Daily Briefing Mar 22: Day 168 – Kotel prayer for hostages; US rabbi reports support is hard
Jewish world reporter Canaan Lidor discusses comments by Reform Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, Knesset rabbinical bill and evacuees’ struggles to return home
By ToI Staff
Left: Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at the Knesset on November 20, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90); Right: Minister Benny Gantz attends a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, November 22, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
November 27, 2023, 12:28 am
Gantz threatens governmental crisis if political funds not diverted to war needs
Finance Minister Smotrich has insisted on keeping NIS 900m in discretionary funds for settlements and Haredim amid war; PM’s office argues budget proposal will benefit country
By ToI Staff
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