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Lapid Buys Billboards to Shame Likud Draft Bill Supporters

5/19/2026

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Yair Lapid announced he will buy billboards displaying the faces of Likud MKs who back the haredi draft bill.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition is pressuring lawmakers to approve the haredi draft bill as it returns to Knesset agenda on Wednesday.
Sharren Haskel said coalition members made phone calls and threatened public shaming to secure votes, while both the opposition and the coalition have introduced bills to dissolve the Knesset.

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Yair Lapid announced he will buy billboards displaying the faces of Likud MKs who back the haredi draft bill.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition is pressuring lawmakers to approve the haredi draft bill as it returns to Knesset agenda on Wednesday.
Sharren Haskel said coalition members made phone calls and threatened public shaming to secure votes, while both the opposition and the coalition have introduced bills to dissolve the Knesset.