Israel's draft law battle is as old as the State
No one saw it coming — at least not from that direction. At a Wednesday night press conference two weeks ago, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant tossed a political hot potato right into Binyamin Netanyahu’s hands.
“Any draft law agreed upon by all the parties in the emergency government will be acceptable to me,” Gallant said, “but without the agreement of all members of the coalition, the defense establishment headed by me will not submit the law.”
“All members of the coalition,” obviously, was a reference to National Unity’s Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot.
“In recent weeks, I have met with the prime minister, the chairman of National Unity, and with key elements in the coalition and the heads of the chareidi parties,” Gallant said. “What I said to them, I will tell you tonight: It is possible and necessary to reach broad agreement on a proposal for drafting a growing share of the chareidi public, which is already contributing to the national effort. I call on the prime minister to lead a process with all the factions in the coalition and reach the necessary agreements on the draft law. I hope that even elements of the opposition will join the proposal we come up with.”
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