Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel (National Unity) announced she will oppose the coalition's Torah Study Basic Law, expanding a growing internal revolt against the bill. Haskel joins at least five coalition MKs who previously declared their opposition, according to reports.
Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel (National Unity) has announced she will vote against the coalition's proposed Torah Study Basic Law, according to reports Tuesday evening. Haskel becomes the latest coalition lawmaker to break ranks on the bill, which would enshrine exemptions from military service for yeshiva students.
As The Zioneer reported earlier Tuesday, at least five coalition MKs — including MKs Moshe Solomon (Likud), Dan Illouz (Likud), and Yuli Edelstein (National Unity), alongside Haskel and Avi Maoz (Noam) — had already declared their opposition. The legislation has also drawn opposition from Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and from the government's own legal advisers, with Deputy Attorney General Avital Sompolinsky voicing formal legal objections in committee on Monday.
The widening rebellion underscores the deep divisions within the coalition over a bill that has become a flashpoint in Israeli politics, pitting the ultra-Orthodox parties and their allies against secular and national-religious lawmakers who argue the law amounts to a cover for draft evasion.
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- StrongSmotrich opposes ultra-Orthodox Torah-study Basic Law bill
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