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Crisis Over Haredi Military Service Exemptions Is a Seismic Event for Israel's Politics

The ultra-Orthodox parties might stay in the government even if Benjamin Netanyahu fails to get a law passed exempting all yeshiva students from military service, but they will likely be consigned to a long period in opposition after the next election

Anshel Pfeffer
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The crisis caused by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's inability to fulfill his coalition-agreement pledge to the ultra-Orthodox parties to pass legislation guaranteeing yeshiva students' continued exemption from military service could become a seismic moment that redraws the borders of Israel's political camps.

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