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Knesset Moves Toward Dissolution Amid Draft-Exemption Push

5/25/2026

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The Knesset voted to advance a government-backed bill to dissolve the legislature.
Analysts say coalition partners are leveraging the dissolution push to demand a draft-exemption law for yeshiva students, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to propose his own bill.
United Torah Judaism will press for dissolution after exemption bill failed.
The House Committee chaired by Ofir Katz will hold a hearing, though Katz’s control limits an opposition dissolution bill’s impact.

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The Knesset voted to advance a government-backed bill to dissolve the legislature.
Analysts say coalition partners are leveraging the dissolution push to demand a draft-exemption law for yeshiva students, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to propose his own bill.
United Torah Judaism will press for dissolution after exemption bill failed.
The House Committee chaired by Ofir Katz will hold a hearing, though Katz’s control limits an opposition dissolution bill’s impact.