Political commentator Chaim Cohen assessed Wednesday evening that the only law Haredi MKs urgently need to pass in a legislative sprint — through first, second and third readings in the remaining week and a half — is the bill to arrest draft evaders, needed to restore angry voters. But he put the chance of passing it in three readings in that time at near zero, predicting mostly symbolic gestures.
Political commentator Chaim Cohen posted on his the source Wednesday evening (22:28 Jerusalem) that the single bill Haredi MKs must urgently advance in a legislative sprint — through first, second and third readings before the Knesset dissolves — is the law authorizing arrests of draft evaders. He argued that only this measure can win back angry voters who are threatening to abandon the Haredi parties.
Cohen assessed that the odds of passing the bill in three readings within the remaining week and a half are virtually zero, predicting that Haredi MKs will instead engage in symbolic gestures and publicity-oriented actions. The assessment comes as the coalition faces a tight legislative window amid ongoing tensions over Haredi military service, a topic The Zioneer has covered extensively: a prior bulletin noted a High Court order requiring the state to explain its exemption of the Haredi national service track, and earlier reports documented Haredi protests against the extradition of draft evaders to military police.
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