Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke in favor of a controversial bill regulating Haredi exemptions from military service on Monday, defending it for the first time during a heated Knesset debate and claiming it would lead to thousands of reservists being freed from service. Speaking during a so-called 40-signature debate, a parliamentary mechanism that allows the opposition to compel the premier to appear once a month, Netanyahu defended not only the draft bill but also his handling of the war in Gaza, Israel’s foreign relations, and his own legal wranglings as he responded to lawmakers accusing his government of causing severe...
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