Overview

• The Knesset defeated a motion to dissolve parliament by a 61–53 vote, preserving Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition.
• A compromise sets enlistment targets for thousands of Haredi recruits and imposes sanctions for draft evasion, including travel bans and license revocations.
• Israeli law bars any new bid to dissolve the Knesset for six months following the failed vote, granting the government breathing room.
• Shas and United Torah Judaism had threatened to topple the coalition over mandatory service but backed the deal after late negotiations.
• United Torah Judaism minister Yitzhak Goldknopf resigned his cabinet post in protest over delays in enshrining the ultra-Orthodox exemption law.