Seventy-five years after David Ben-Gurion gave the famous exemption to 400 yeshiva students, the state is again facing a critical juncture.
The coalition leaders are set to meet Sunday to discuss the issue further.
The new committee will be granted broad powers to tackle the housing crisis in the country.
Housing Minister Moshe Goldknopf asserted that the construction contradicts the coalition agreements signed between UTJ and the Likud.
Yizhak Pindros, who served as an MK in the previous Knesset, will once again become an MK.
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