Boaz Bismuth
Government submits 2026 budget to Knesset, Smotrich vows passage despite rifts
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said that the government was "determined to pass it [the state budget] on first reading,” during a press conference at the Knesset on Monday.
IDF draft equality is minimum condition to restore Israeli solidarity - editorial
Post-October 7, coalition more concerned with controlling the systems than addressing recovery
Ultra-Orthodox protests erupt across Israel on haredi IDF enlistment day
‘We want a draft law’: Bismuth leads first meeting on new conscription bill since Edelstein ousting
MK Boaz Bismuth opened the first meeting to discuss the haredi draft law since replacing MK Yuli Edelstein as Chairperson of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.
Boaz Bismuth must introduce bill to formalize equal draft to include all haredim - editorial
Edelstein’s draft framework, which he and his team left as an inheritance of sorts, outlines agreements reached with the haredim throughout the war, as well as the gaps that remain.
Future of haredi draft law to shift as new FADC chair Bismuth calls for 'new path'
The draft of the law set graduated conscription targets for yeshiva students over five years, with a gradual annual conscription requirement.
Gov’t failing to sanction haredi draft dodgers, says A-G
Legally, part of the issue is that there is no set categorical distinction for haredim in the matter of military conscription, as it is a blanket requirement.
