{"id":1541670,"date":"2025-06-14T02:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T06:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1541670"},"modified":"2025-06-14T02:15:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T06:15:00","slug":"netanyahu-survives-coalition-collapse-strikes-deal-with-ultra-orthodox-partners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/netanyahu-survives-coalition-collapse-strikes-deal-with-ultra-orthodox-partners\/1541670\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu Survives Coalition Collapse, Strikes Deal With Ultra-Orthodox Partners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Netanyahu Survives Coalition Collapse, Strikes Deal With Ultra-Orthodox Partners<\/span><\/p>\n

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Via The Cradle,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s parliament narrowly\u00a0rejected<\/a>\u00a0a preliminary bill to dissolve itself early on 12 June, avoiding the possibility of snap elections and preserving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s fragile governing coalition.<\/strong> The motion, backed by opposition lawmakers, was defeated by a vote of 61 to 53 \u2013 just meeting the 61-seat threshold needed for passage in the 120-member Knesset.<\/p>\n

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The failed vote followed a last-minute deal between coalition leaders and ultra-Orthodox parties regarding one of Israel\u2019s most divisive issues, which is mandatory military service for the ultra-Orthodox, or Haredim.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While military service is compulsory for most Jewish Israelis, the ultra-Orthodox community \u2013 roughly 13 percent of the population \u2013 has long been granted exemptions if men are enrolled in full-time religious study.<\/p>\n

Ultra-orthodox parties have been pressuring the Netanyahu government to codify the exemptions by passing a new law.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a key development, Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chairman Yuli Edelstein announced that his committee and ultra-Orthodox parties had reached a preliminary understanding to draft new legislation addressing the conscription issue. This agreement persuaded most ultra-Orthodox lawmakers to vote against dissolving the Knesset.<\/p>\n

However, the arrangement sparked backlash from both opposition leaders and within the coalition itself.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yair Golan, leader of the opposition Democrats party,\u00a0condemned<\/a>\u00a0the agreement, saying, \u201cNetanyahu entered a room with the heads of the Haredi factions and left with a disgraceful agreement \u2026 There is no love for the country here. Only cynicism. Only selfish survival.\u201d Golan accused Netanyahu of betraying both military service members and ultra-Orthodox citizens who wished to contribute to the state.<\/p>\n

Netanyahu narrowly averts government collapse over ultra-Orthodox conscription dispute
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\nA motion to dissolve Israel\u2019s parliament because of friction over the conscription of Haredi men failed to pass on 11 June. The opposition reached a compromise, and only 53 voted in favor of\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/NxrhoDnWgr<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 The Cradle (@TheCradleMedia) June 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf, head of the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism (UTJ) party,\u00a0resigned<\/a>\u00a0from Netanyahu\u2019s cabinet in protest over the compromise deal. Goldknopf, whose Hasidic Agudat Yisrael faction supported the Knesset\u2019s dissolution, said the new understandings fell short of promises made in coalition agreements. \u201cI can no longer take part as a member of this government,\u201d he wrote in his resignation letter to Netanyahu.<\/p>\n

Goldknopf\u2019s resignation follows a previous symbolic resignation in March over the same issue. Despite his departure, UTJ remains part of the ruling coalition, which has been under pressure due to widespread discontent over the military burden placed on young Israelis tasked with executing the ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. With the war now lasting more than 18 months, the Israeli army is facing growing manpower shortages, intensifying the debate over draft exemptions.<\/p>\n

Roughly 13,000 ultra-Orthodox men reach conscription age each year, but fewer than 10 percent enlist, according to the State Control Committee.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nFri, 06\/13\/2025 – 22:15<\/span><\/p>\n

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