The Knesset Foreign Affairs and Security Committee updated the text of the bill freezing arrest proceedings for yeshiva students who do not enlist, extending the freeze until November 30. The revised version was published Monday afternoon.
The Knesset Foreign Affairs and Security Committee published an updated version of the bill freezing arrest proceedings for Haredi yeshiva students who do not enlist. According to the new text, the freeze will remain in effect until November 30 — extending beyond the three-month period initially announced. The earlier draft, published by the committee at 13:46 Jerusalem time, had set the freeze through early December. The revised language narrows the extension by several days.
This update follows a rapid sequence of reports on Monday. As The Zioneer first reported at 13:35 Jerusalem, the committee published a final version of the bill that extended the freeze until at least early December, according to N12 reporter Daphna Liel. Minutes later, at 13:35, the committee issued a version setting the freeze's validity until November 30, 2026, with a reservations deadline of Tuesday at 13:00. The current draft reconciles those two versions, fixing the end date at November 30 and shortening the extension from the earliest wording.
The bill addresses the ongoing crisis over Haredi military service, with coalition parties seeking to avoid mass arrest orders against thousands of non-enlisting yeshiva students. As The Zioneer reported earlier Monday, the committee first published the final bill around 13:46 Jerusalem, referencing a three-month freeze.
The exact legislative timeline remains fluid. The final text now states November 30, but the discrepancy between the committee's earlier 'until December' language and the current 'until November 30' wording suggests last-minute adjustments. Voting is expected to begin Tuesday.
7 developments
- DevelopingGovernment secretary admits yeshiva student arrest freeze may last six months, not three
- DevelopingKnesset legal advisor warns arrest-exemption bill for yeshiva students is flawed, likely to be struck down
- StrongKnesset panel begins debate on arrest-immunity law for yeshiva students
- DevelopingNewspaper editorial urges freeze on yeshiva student arrests until after elections
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