Yisrael Beytenu chairman MK Avigdor Liberman responded to the passage of the Torah Study Basic Law with a vow to repeal it: "All your Basic Laws for draft-dodging, we will abolish — not a trace will remain." The comments come as the Knesset is debating the legislation that would enshrine exemptions from military service for yeshiva students.
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