Netanyahu denies asking haredim to drop draft exemption
The haredi parties are threatening to dissolve the government if the new draft bill is not passed immediately following the summer Knesset break
Shas leader MK Aryeh Deri and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen during a Shas party meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 23, 2023.(photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)ByTROY O. FRITZHANDUpdated: