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Knesset Proposes Law Regulating Yeshiva Student Service Quotas

11/27/2025

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The Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee will discuss a Draft Law next week, proposed by MK Boaz Bismuth, to regulate yeshiva-student service.
The draft sets quotas from 6,160 to 7,920 by year five and expires after three cycles if targets are unmet.
Sanctions include reduced state funding for yeshivot and driver’s license suspension.
The law aims to preserve the Haredi lifestyle during service.
An advisory committee will monitor implementation.

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Story summary

The Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee will discuss a Draft Law next week, proposed by MK Boaz Bismuth, to regulate yeshiva-student service.
The draft sets quotas from 6,160 to 7,920 by year five and expires after three cycles if targets are unmet.
Sanctions include reduced state funding for yeshivot and driver’s license suspension.
The law aims to preserve the Haredi lifestyle during service.
An advisory committee will monitor implementation.