{"id":2446415,"date":"2025-06-12T11:28:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T15:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-survives-opposition-attempt-to-wedge-ultra-orthodox-in-confidence-vote-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T11:30:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T15:30:02","slug":"netanyahu-survives-opposition-attempt-to-wedge-ultra-orthodox-in-confidence-vote-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-survives-opposition-attempt-to-wedge-ultra-orthodox-in-confidence-vote-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu survives opposition attempt to wedge ultra-Orthodox in confidence vote- Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnetanyahu-survives-opposition-attempt-to-wedge-ultra-orthodox-in-confidence-vote-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2446415&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu successfully thwarted an opposition attempt to dissolve teh Knesset through a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/capitol-police-officers-issue-vote-of-no-confidence-for-top-leadership\/\" title=\"C...itol Police Officers Issue ... Of No Confidence For Top Leadership\">confidence vote<\/a>, which could have led to new elections. The motion was defeated with 61 lawmakers voting against it out of 120 total. This decision means that bills aimed at dissolving the Knesset cannot be proposed again for six months. <\/p>\n<p>The opposition&#8217;s strategy involved rallying support from Israel&#8217;s ultra-Orthodox communities, who were threatening to withdraw their support for Netanyahu&#8217;s coalition in response to a controversial draft law that would require their members to enlist in the military-a change from their long-standing exemption. However, after negotiations with top government officials, including Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman Yuli Edelstein, these parties ultimately decided to back the government, reaching agreements on the principles underlying the proposed draft law. <\/p>\n<p>The issue of military conscription for the ultra-Orthodox is critical in light of the ongoing tensions in the region, especially with Iran, as Israel prepares for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-you-suggesting-air-strikes-in-cuba-martha-maccallum-presses-miami-mayor-on-how-us-should-intervene\/\" title=\"\u2018Are You Suggesting Air Strikes In Cuba?\u2019: Martha MacCallum Presses Miami Mayor On How US Should Intervene\">potential military action<\/a>. Meanwhile, the United States is taking precautionary measures, ordering nonessential personnel to leave iraq, Bahrain, and Kuwait amid escalating threats.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Netanyahu survives opposition attempt to wedge ultra-Orthodox in confidence vote<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2144816\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> survived yet another attempt to vote his government out of power, despite the opposition&rsquo;s best attempts to activate the country&rsquo;s religious communities against him.<\/p>\n<p>The bill, which would have dissolved the Knesset and called for new elections, was defeated on Thursday with 61 out of the 120 lawmakers voting against. <\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3439319\/air-india-plane-crash-ahmedabad-london\/\">Air India flight bound for London crashes shortly after takeoff<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3439299\/israel-launch-military-strikes-against-iran\/\">Israel &lsquo;fully ready&rsquo; to launch military strikes against Iran<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3438822\/us-warns-allies-not-attend-israel-palestinian-conference-new-york\/\">US warns allies not to attend Israel-Palestinian conference in New York<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >successful block means<\/a> that bills seeking to dissolve the Knesset cannot be submitted again for another six months.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a ceremony on the eve of Israel&rsquo;s Remembrance Day for fallen soldiers at the Yad LaBanim Memorial in Jerusalem, on April 29, 2025. (Abir Sultan\/Pool Photo via AP, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Parties such as United Torah Judaism and Shas had threatened to pull support from the Netanyahu coalition over the divisive decision to conscript members of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jewish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ultra-orthodox communities<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ultra-orthodox, also known as the &ldquo;Haredi&rdquo; or &ldquo;God-fearing,&rdquo; have been given a pass from compulsory military service since the nation&rsquo;s founding.<\/p>\n<p>Early <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Israeli leaders<\/a> believed the communities, which often devote their entire lives to studying the Torah, best served their country by preserving the intellectual traditions of the Jewish faith.<\/p>\n<p>But a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/06\/25\/g-s1-6116\/israeli-supreme-court-rules-that-the-military-must-begin-drafting-ultra-orthodox-men\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Supreme Court decision last year<\/a> found that the government&rsquo;s decision not to compel ultra-Orthodox to serve amounted to &ldquo;invalid selective enforcement, which represents a serious violation of the rule of law.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Since then, attempts to wrangle men from the religious communities have been frustrated by organized opposition, draft-dodging, and political unrest.<\/p>\n<p>While initially poised to help vote against the Netanyahu government over this issue, the Haredi parties backed down following a series of emergency meetings with Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chairman Yuli Edelstein.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am pleased to announce that after long discussions we have reached agreements on the principles on which the draft law will be based,&rdquo; Edelstein said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men block a highway during a protest against army recruitment in Bnei Brak, Israel, on March 2, 2025. (AP Photo\/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The finer points of the parties&rsquo; proposed reforms are not yet known, but the chairman has made clear that he would not support any changes that did not provide room for the government to crack down on flagrant draft dodgers.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3439317\/us-prepares-for-military-confrontation-with-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">US PREPARES FOR MILITARY CONFRONTATION WITH IRAN AS ISRAEL APPEARS READY TO STRIKE AS NUKE TALKS STALL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The question of conscription is more relevant than ever as Israel is reportedly on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3439299\/israel-launch-military-strikes-against-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">threshold of striking Iran<\/a> after U.S. nuclear negotiations with the regime stalled.<\/p>\n<p>While saber-rattling in the region is far from uncommon, the United States seems to be taking the threat of conflict seriously. The State Department and Pentagon are ordering nonessential workers to depart from Iraq, Bahrain, and Kuwait. <\/p>\n<p>Asked if there was any way to &ldquo;dial the temperature down in the region,&rdquo; Trump said, &ldquo;Very simply, they can&rsquo;t have a nuclear weapon. 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