Yuli Edelstein

Haredi parties accuse Knesset foreign affairs committee legal adviser of stalling draft bill

According to senior haredi party figures quoted by Maariv, some of Frenkel-Shor’s conditions are not purely legal in nature but reflect “an ideological approach.”

MK Boaz Bismuth seen with haredi MKs and Aliyah and Integration Minister Ofir Sofer in the Knesset, Jerusalem, January 14, 2026.
Protests against haredi draft in Jerusalem, October 30, 2025.

‘Reaching the finish line’: Controversial haredi draft bill advances for Knesset committee vote

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his cabinet seen at the Knesset plenum, June 11, 2025

Outcome of state budget vote uncertain amid coalition crisis over haredi draft

A PLENUM session at the Knesset.

Post-October 7, coalition more concerned with controlling the systems than addressing recovery


MK Yuli Edelstein on national agenda: 'The IDF needs to change their tune'

“A heroic operation in the style of Entebbe is impossible under these conditions.”

Committee Chairman MK Yuli Edelstein leads a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, October 15, 2024

Edelstein's synagogue disputes claim they called police on women distributing hostage flyers

"The arrest of the women who placed the leaflets - madness, unequivocally disproportionate. We have no problem with what they did," Mauda told N12.

Hundreds of protesters accompanied Likud MK Yuli Edelstein on his way to synagogue on September 14, 2024.

Political protests must stay out of synagogues - editorial

The plight of the hostages and their families is a matter of life and death. The public’s frustration with perceived government inaction is understandable, and calls for action are justified.

 Likud MK Yuli Edelstein followed by protesters on September 14, 2024.

Three women placed on house arrest for distributing flyers for release of hostages in Herzliya

They were under questioning for several hours by police and waved pictures of Yuli Edelstein.

 Committee Chairman Yuli Edelstein leads a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on July 9, 2024.

Defense Minister Gallant: US-EU-Sunni coalition against Iran attack holding together

Likud MK Yuli Edelstein said that Israel may need to shift focus from Gaza to Lebanon

Likud MK Yuli Edelstein and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

New Knesset subcommittee to oversee IDF October 7 investigations

With a National Committee of Investigation lacking, the forum will serve as the FADC's tool for oversight and examination of all of the IDF's investigative reports.

 IDF Soldiers, Kibbutz Beeri October 15, 2023

IDF unsure how many haredi draft orders it intends to send on Sunday

The IDF's draft plans for haredi citizens remain uncertain. Despite political tensions and a lack of clear criteria, the IDF targets 3,000 recruits annually.

 MKs debate haredi draft bill in Knesset, 18 June 2024

Knesset defense committee delays vote to extend IDF reservist cutoff age

"Either we agree on something, or we do not, but we are all together," said MK Yuli Edelstein.

 Committee Chairman Yuli Edelstein leads a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on June 26, 2024.

Knesset Foreign Affairs Committee resumes haredi draft debates

Knesset Home Committee approves fast tracking extension of reservists age cut off.

 MK Gadi Eisenkot attends a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting on the ultra-Orthodox draft law at the Knesset, June 18, 2024

Knesset faces controversy over IDF reservist age extension amid haredi draft debate

Israel's Knesset accelerates a bill to extend IDF reservist age limits amid controversy and legal challenges over Haredi conscription exemptions and fairness concerns.

 A plenum session and a vote on reviving the Ultra Orthodox enlistment bill at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on June 11, 2024.