Overview
- Haredi chiefs Aryeh Deri and Moshe Gafni met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday and issued an ultimatum saying they will withhold support for coalition legislation and may vote to dissolve the Knesset unless the Basic Law on Torah Study and a law to halt arrests of yeshiva students are advanced.
- Netanyahu pledged to personally push the Haredi bills and several outlets reported a tentative arrangement to move the measures forward and to set elections for October, but no binding parliamentary steps have yet been completed.
- Senior legal advisers and outside legal experts have publicly warned that an emergency anti‑arrest measure is unlikely to survive High Court review and that Knesset legal counsel may refuse to back such rushed legislation.
- The Attorney General and the Tax Authority are preparing administrative moves to strip tax benefits from yeshivos whose donors support students classified by the army as draft evaders, a step that could cut tens of millions of shekels in funding and adds financial pressure on the Torah world.
- Coverage splits on tactics and bargaining: right‑leaning outlets emphasize a deal to keep the coalition intact, left‑leaning reporting highlights a wider quid pro quo tying Haredi support to judicial and communications reforms, and commentators warn internal Haredi divisions and public opposition make swift legislative fixes uncertain.