Overview

• Lawmakers voted 61 to 53 to reject the preliminary motion needed to trigger new elections.
• Yuli Edelstein announced an agreement on the core principles of the ultra-Orthodox draft law at the eleventh hour.
• Shas and United Torah Judaism had threatened to back the dissolution motion before joining the compromise to maintain coalition unity.
• Pressure to increase troop numbers for the Gaza war has exacerbated rifts between Likud and religious parties over military exemptions.
• With the Knesset term running until October 2026, Netanyahu’s survival leaves his fragile coalition under continued strain.