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The controversy over the crisis of recruiting religious Jews known as "Haredim", and its repercussions on the cohesion of Benjamin Netanyahu's government, topped the headlines in the Israeli media, which also touched on the latest developments regarding the possible exchange deal with the Palestinian resistance, especially in light of the outbreak of disagreements within the war council regarding Powers of the negotiating delegation.

The Israeli media focused on the response of the government's judicial advisor, Gali Behrav Meara, to the Supreme Court, in which she clearly stated that "everyone is equal in the duty of conscription." The judicial advisor also touched on stopping funding for religious schools whose students would refrain from military service.

It is noteworthy that the Supreme Court in Israel decided to cancel a law issued in 2015, which exempted the Haredim from military service, and considered that it violates the “principle of equality.”

Sefi Ovadia, political affairs correspondent for Channel 13, described the decision to recruit "Haredim" into the Israeli army as an event with a major impact on the government coalition.

Gilad Malach, head of the Haredi program at the Israel Democracy Institute, said, "66,000 students may lose their financial allocations, and the repercussions will be on what he called the Haredi leadership and the political system."

While Michael Shemesh, political affairs correspondent for Kan 11, pointed out that Netanyahu launched a severe attack on the government’s judicial advisor because she did not adopt his position, and accused her of changing her position after the head of the “New Hope” party, Minister Gideon Sa’ar, withdrew from the government. Netanyahu sees this as an attempt To overthrow the government.

On the other hand, the Israeli opposition supported the government’s judicial advisor, and the head of the “Israel Our Home” party, Avigdor Lieberman, wrote on Twitter, “I congratulate the judicial advisor, Gali Behrav Meara, on her response, her courageous steadfastness, and her professional integrity.”

The head of the Yesh Atid party, Yair Lapid, also announced that the only thing on Netanyahu’s mind recently is the search for a comprehensive exemption for the Haredim from conscription, to ensure the stability of the government coalition.

Negotiations and Netanyahu's slogan

Regarding the negotiations on the exchange deal, Channel 13 published a poll of Israelis’ opinions on the matter, which showed that 57% of them believe that Netanyahu is not doing enough to return those detained by the Palestinian resistance in Gaza.

Moria Asraf-Wolberg, political affairs correspondent for Channel 13, said that a senior official told her that Netanyahu repeatedly returns to the slogan of “military pressure,” which does not help in practice, because prisoners are dying.

According to Dana Weiss, political affairs analyst for Channel 12, the head of the Israeli intelligence service (Mossad) David Barnea told the ministers, “There is a possibility of moving towards a deal if we want to try to rescue at least 40 kidnapped people while they are alive,” confirming that ministers joined this position, Among them is member of the war government, Benny Gantz.

Source: Al Jazeera