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- The Knesset plenum passed the Basic Law: Torah Study with 63 votes for and 52 against during a coalition rush before the Knesset recess and October elections.
- Opposition leaders warned the law harms the Israel Defense Forces amid a shortage and pledged repeal after the October 27 election.
- The Israel Democracy Institute warned the status could enable ultra-Orthodox exemptions while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who backed the bill, missed the vote.
