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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 569

Yuli Edelstein

Likud MK Yuli Edelstein chairs a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, April 23, 2025. (Noam Moskowitz, Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
April 23, 2025, 4:45 pm
PM’s adviser: Haredi IDF bill will pass ‘with or without’ committee chair Edelstein
Remarks suggest Netanyahu considering removing or bypassing senior Likud lawmaker; Edelstein says committee will soon start drafting final version of legislation
By Sam Sokol
Finance Bezalel Smotrich attends a meeting of the Knesset Land of Israel Caucus, at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, March 9, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 9, 2025, 6:33 pm
Smotrich: Government establishing ‘migration administration’ for Gaza exodus
Far-right minister says plan ‘taking shape,’ budgeting won’t be an issue; Washington, Jerusalem, seeking countries to take in those who leave
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf, right, arriving for a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 27, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 7, 2025, 8:39 am
Hasidic MKs tell Netanyahu they’ll oppose budget if draft exemption law not passed
Report says despite PM’s promises, Haredi draft exemption bill likely to be postponed; out of 10,000 Haredim who received draft orders since July, only 177 have enlisted, IDF says
By Sam Sokol
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara listens as she attends a cabinet meeting at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem on June 5, 2024. (Gil Cohen-Magen/Pool Photo via AP)
March 5, 2025, 12:12 pm
AG instructs defense minister to enact sanctions on draft-dodging ultra-Orthodox
Baharav-Miara says that with military enlistment not meeting targets, Katz must hold an urgent hearing to advance punitive measures
By Jeremy Sharon and Sam Sokol
Likud MK Yuli Edelstein, left, chairs a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, February 18, 2025. (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset Spokesman's Office)
February 18, 2025, 9:33 pm
Edelstein: Haredi enlistment bill will include individual sanctions on draft dodgers
‘The effectiveness of the sanctions are what will make this law real or not,’ deputy AG tells key Knesset committee deliberating law
By Sam Sokol
Likud MK Yuli Edelstein addresses a conference on Haredi enlistment organized by members of his Likud party in Jerusalem. February 11, 2024. (Sam Sokol/Times of Israel)
February 12, 2025, 12:03 am
Likud lawmakers hold conference calling for Haredi draft, sanctions on dodgers
Edelstein says passage of potent enlistment law would allow him to look wives and mothers of soldiers ‘in the eye’; Chikli calls for breaking Haredi ‘taboo’ against IDF service
By Sam Sokol
Deputy Attorney General Gil Limon attends a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, January 22, 2025. (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset Spokesperson)
January 22, 2025, 10:08 pm
Deputy AG: Proposed draft law doesn’t meet IDF’s needs, contravenes High Court ruling
Katz threatens to tank enlistment bill unless it ensures the preservation of the ‘Torah world,’ the network of full-time yeshivas that form the backbone of ultra-Orthodox society
By Sam Sokol
Defense Minister Israel Katz (left) shakes hands with Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chairman Yuli Edelstein during a committee discussion on the IDF conscription law in the Knesset on January 21, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 21, 2025, 6:07 pm
Edelstein signs declaration calling for mass draft of Haredim, sanctions for dodgers
‘What do you want, 100,000 people in prison?’ Defense Minister Katz asks critics, defending his proposal to only induct half of eligible ultra-Orthodox by 2032
By Sam Sokol
Emily Damari hugs her relative at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, January 19, 2025. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)
January 20, 2025, 1:58 am
‘A big day,’ but… Israeli leaders welcome freed hostages, even as some bash the deal
Expressing joy and relief, government figures welcome the three hostages’ return to Israel, with the far-right saying this doesn’t contradict the deal being a ‘surrender’ to Hamas
By Amy Spiro and ToI Staff
Defense Minister Israel Katz and MK Yuli Edelstein discuss ultra-Orthodox conscription at a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, January 14, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 16, 2025, 6:55 pm
Panel head Edelstein rejects Katz plan for gradual increase in Haredi conscription
‘The committee I chair will only issue a law for recruitment in high numbers, with a corresponding increase in the scope of recruitment and sanctions,’ Likud MK declares
By Sam Sokol
Flyers urging the release of hostages held by Hamas placed on the seats at a synagogue in Herzliya, September 13, 2024 (Detainee Support Organization)
December 26, 2024, 3:14 pm
Police drop probe of 3 arrested for placing hostage flyers at Edelstein’s synagogue
Attorney for women says investigation was closed on the grounds of ‘lack of culpability,’ calls their arrest over incident at Knesset speaker’s synagogue ‘spurious’
By ToI Staff
Jews attend a special prayer at the newly recognized Evyatar outpost, in the West Bank, July 7, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 18, 2024, 9:58 pm
MKs push bill to block West Bank territorial concessions, prevent Palestinian state
Proposal would ‘effectively prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state in any future arrangement,’ states the Knesset’s right-wing Land of Israel Caucus
By Sam Sokol
Lawmakers in the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee debate a bill to prevent the prosecution of soldiers who give classified intelligence to the prime minister without authorization, December 17, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz, Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
December 17, 2024, 6:20 pm
Edelstein questions need for coalition bill letting soldiers leak secret info to PM
‘Transferring classified information in a disorderly manner may result in the disclosure of sources,’ former chief of the IDF Intelligence Corps Moshe Schneid warns lawmakers
By Sam Sokol
Ultra-orthodox Jews clash with police during a protest against IDF enlistment in Bnei Brak, November 17, 2024. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
December 17, 2024, 1:36 am
Katz envisions half of Haredi men eventually enlisting while rest stay in ‘Torah world’
Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chair warns against coalition efforts to bypass his panel on ultra-Orthodox conscription issue; Lapid slams bill as ‘a complete sham’
By Sam Sokol
Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman Yuli Edelstein attends a debate on the government-backed Haredi draft legislation, June 24, 2024. (Noam Moshkovitz/Knesset spokesperson)
November 19, 2024, 4:51 pm
With Gallant gone, Edelstein is the ‘final obstacle’ to Haredi draft exemption law
‘It doesn’t seem feasible at the moment for a law to pass,’ one Haredi coalition member concedes, but says government unlikely to fall over the issue
By Sam Sokol
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