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Knesset Enacts Torah Study Basic Law and Approves Arrest Freeze for Haredi Draft Evaders

They reframe the legal status of full-time Torah study, trigger High Court petitions, prompt warnings from the military and legal advisers.

Knesset Moves Torah Study Basic Law Toward Final Readings

Israel Creates Special Tribunal for Oct. 7 Suspects With Option of Death Penalty

Bismuth Revives IDF Draft Overhaul With Three-Law Manpower Package

Knesset Restores Rabbinical Courts’ Power to Arbitrate Civil Disputes

Knesset Advances Bill Expanding Chief Rabbinate’s Power at Western Wall With Up to 7-Year Penalties

Knesset Overturns Smotrich’s VAT-Exemption Hike as Likud Rebels Defy Coalition

Amnesty Urges Knesset to Drop Death Penalty Bills as Committees Advance Measures