Overview

• United Torah Judaism has pledged to back a June 11 vote to dissolve the Knesset unless exemptions for ultra-Orthodox men are formalized in law.
• If the Shas party also withdraws its support, Netanyahu’s coalition will lose its 61-seat majority and face early elections potentially this fall.
• Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid party tabled the dissolution motion in protest of stalled legislation on drafting haredi men ordered last year by the Israeli Supreme Court.
• UK ministers, led by Prime Minister Keir Starmer, are weighing sanctions and have suspended some arms sales after at least 27 Palestinians were killed near Gaza food distribution centers.
• In Gaza, Netanyahu has activated local Palestinian clans to bypass Hamas and protect aid convoys, marking a tactical shift endorsed by security chiefs.