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60% Voters Reject Haredi Draft Exemption, Coalition in Balance

6/15/2026

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Voters Reject Draft

About 60% of Israeli voters, including veterans, refuse to support any party keeping the Haredi draft exemption.
June 14 polls show Likud at 25 seats, coalition at 63 seats and opposition at 67 seats in the 120-member Knesset.
The “homeless Right” bloc holds roughly six seats and could decide the next governing coalition.
Opposition’s 67 seats include 11 Arab parties, leaving opposition with 56 seats, below a majority.

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Lazimi Warns

Lawmaker Naama Lazimi warned PM Benjamin Netanyahu he could start a war or contest election results to stay in power.
About 60% of Israeli voters, including veterans, say they will not support any party that keeps the Haredi draft exemption.
Lazimi called for a state commission of inquiry into the October 7 failures.
The subsidies for ultra-Orthodox men’s daycare were condemned as harming national security and the economy.

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Voters Reject Draft

About 60% of Israeli voters, including veterans, refuse to support any party keeping the Haredi draft exemption.
June 14 polls show Likud at 25 seats, coalition at 63 seats and opposition at 67 seats in the 120-member Knesset.
The “homeless Right” bloc holds roughly six seats and could decide the next governing coalition.
Opposition’s 67 seats include 11 Arab parties, leaving opposition with 56 seats, below a majority.

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