The Knesset will hold a vote on a bill to improve the service conditions of IDF soldiers, Defense Minister Israel Katz wrote on X/Twitter on Sunday night.
The vote will be held in the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, chaired by MK Yuli Edelstein, and seeks to improve the conditions of regular, career, and reserve soldiers, as well as retirees and their families.
"I expect all Knesset members to support the law without any distinction or political considerations and to demonstrate unity and support for the IDF," he wrote.
The vote comes just as the Knesset’s two haredi (ultra-Orthodox) parties departed due to clashes over the haredi draft bill.
Gov't collapses as haredi draft issue remains unsolved
“The government is collapsing for all the wrong reasons,” said opposition MK Naor Shiri (Yesh Atid) in a recent interview with The Media Line. “You’d expect a real moral reason, perhaps the cost of living or ending the war, but instead, it’s over preserving the rights of draft dodgers. That’s a first-rate moral distortion.”
“I want, wanted, and will want one thing – to bring a real conscription law. Maybe not perfect in everyone’s eyes, but one that addresses the IDF’s needs, with a gradual draft of the ultra-Orthodox," Edelstein said in an interview with Maariv on Friday.
"This is a serious law: personal and institutional sanctions, real numbers, and tight oversight. This law ends the phenomenon of pretending to study Torah. To me, that’s a disgrace to the world of Torah.”