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Likud Leader Vows to Advance Draft Law After Bnei Brak Attack

4/17/2026

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Boaz Bismuth (Likud), chair of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, vowed to advance the ultra-Orthodox draft law after a mob attack in Bnei Brak.
He linked the attackers to local extremists and leftist critics, asserting the conscription law will pass.
Police intervened to protect him en route to a Bar Mitzvah as he pursues the bill amid an IDF manpower shortage.

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Boaz Bismuth (Likud), chair of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, vowed to advance the ultra-Orthodox draft law after a mob attack in Bnei Brak.
He linked the attackers to local extremists and leftist critics, asserting the conscription law will pass.
Police intervened to protect him en route to a Bar Mitzvah as he pursues the bill amid an IDF manpower shortage.