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Religious Zionist Party Edges Toward Backing Draft Bill, Sets Conditions After Rabbinic Review

The faction says it will decide only after securing substantial amendments to deliver measurable haredi enlistment.

Overview

  • Party MKs held a closed-door session with a broad forum of leading rabbis to assess the draft framework and its consequences.
  • Rabbis at the meeting urged the faction to insist on significant changes rather than endorse the bill as written.
  • Party chairman Bezalel Smotrich accepted the rabbis’ guidance and committed to pursue revisions to the proposal.
  • The party issued a clarification that no practical decision has been made and that it is formulating demands and conditions for support.
  • Participants raised concerns that the current bill may not yield real enlistment gains and could strain trust over commitments to Hesder yeshivas.