Overview
- Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch notified Degel HaTorah MKs to continue advancing the draft law while addressing clauses he deems problematic.
- He delivered the decision after a clause‑by‑clause review at his Bnei Brak home and further consultations with legal experts and senior rabbinic figures.
- Shas leader Aryeh Deri and Degel HaTorah’s Moshe Gafni are discussing changes aimed at satisfying the Knesset legal adviser to reduce court vulnerabilities.
- Key demands from the legal adviser include raising first‑year Haredi recruitment targets to about 5,700 and keeping digital fingerprint attendance verification for yeshiva students.
- Passage remains uncertain as coalition figures such as Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel vow to vote against the plan and MK Yuli Edelstein voices sharp criticism at an emergency Knesset forum.