Smotrich to haredim – don’t condition budget on IDF draft bill
Smotrich argued that the haredi parties should support the budget regardless – and then could topple the government over the draft, if they wished.
Finance Minister and Head of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, December 9, 2024(photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)