Liberman backs ‘painful’ compromise on Haredi enlistment, after years fighting against their exemption
The Times of Israel · Stav Levaton; ToI Staff ·
Move is necessary to coax Haredi factions into coalition that will unseat Netanyahu, avoid new elections and bypass need to rely on Arab support, Yisrael Beytenu chief says
Move is necessary to coax Haredi factions into coalition that will unseat Netanyahu, avoid new elections and bypass need to rely on Arab support, Yisrael Beytenu chief says
MK Avigdor Liberman, head of the opposition’s hawkish-secularist Yisrael Beytenu party, said Friday that unseating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after last week’s election would require “painful” compromises with Haredi parties on enlisting ultra-Orthodox men into the military.
The statement on X confirmed reporting Thursday evening that Liberman has dropped his years-long veto on a government with Haredi parties that seek to codify their constituents’ exemption from military service.
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