(Could it be any clearer? Bibi says that without these new fighters being drafted his government will fall out of power. He doesn't say Israel will lose. He doesn't say Hamas will take over. He says his government will fall. What does he mean? If he can't keep the war going, Israel will hold a vote and kick him and the Likud party out of power. The whole point of keeping the war going, aside from stealing Palestinian land, is to keep him in office.)
from Jerusalem Post
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced to his party, the Likud, that he would not renege on passing the ultra-Orthodox draft bill and that without the bill, the government would not remain in place, KAN Reshet B reported on Monday morning.
Netanyahu’s announcement came in the wake of minister-without-portfolio and National Unity chair Benny Gantz’s warning that he would leave the war cabinet should the bill be passed and reports of several Likud ministers' opposition to the bill.
The bill, should it pass, would extend the exemption from IDF conscription for haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Jews.
The subject of drafting the haredim into the IDF has been a point of contention, particularly in recent weeks, and has sparked a number of protests.
Protests conducted by haredi men have sprung up in cities including Jerusalem and Bnei Brak, where protestors have blocked traffic and the light rail in demonstrations of opposition to the push to include them in Israel’s military draft...
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