Israeli coalition drama, February edition Another month, another wave of in-fighting in Israel’s governing coalition.
Yesh Atid would quit gov’t over draft bill, Lapid says Yesh Atid chief Yair Lapid said the party would leave the coalition government if a bill requiring haredi Orthodox yeshiva students to serve in the military does not include criminal sanctions for draft dodgers.
Haredi Orthodox protest yeshiva funding freeze Haredi Orthodox demonstrators protesting cuts in funding over draft deferrals clashed with police in Jerusalem.
