Overview
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scrapped a planned televised defense of his coalition’s conscription plan, drawing fresh condemnation.
- Opposition leader Yair Lapid called the measure a draft‑dodging law with no quotas, sanctions or enforcement, vowing to stop it.
- Naftali Bennett said the bill offers immediate pardons to draft evaders and permanent exemptions at age 26, calling it a political deal led by Aryeh Deri.
- IDF figures cited in the coverage say roughly 80,000 ultra‑Orthodox men of service age have not enlisted and the military needs at least 12,000 more recruits.
- The legislation remains in committee as pressure mounts on the coalition and legal doubts linger following High Court limits on blanket exemptions.