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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will hold an extended discussion on the recruitment crisis this evening (Thursday) with the participation of Defense Minister Yoav Galant, Minister Hili Trooper, Shas Chairman Aryeh Deri, Justice Minister Yariv Levin and Minister Dodi Amsalem.
The chairman of the state camp, Benny Gantz, informed the prime minister that he would not appear for tonight's hearing. According to government officials, Gantz demands that a preliminary preparatory hearing be held by professional teams and went back on his demand to approve his and Eizenkot's service outline in the first reading.
Netanyahu wants to approve at the upcoming cabinet meeting a decision that will extend the The blanket exemption for the recruitment of yeshiva students without a legal basis - which will be accompanied by a statement of intentions and timetables for the enactment of a new recruitment law; at the yeshiva he will try to see if it is possible to formulate initial agreements between the factions of the coalition, which will enable the approval of the decision by the government before submitting the state's answer to the High Court on the matter later this month.
Gallant and Gantz/image processing, Noam Rivkin Fenton
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Regarding Gantz's planned absence, the state camp stated that so far, no agreement or willingness to hold a professional discussion in order to advance the outline has been expressed and no other alternative has been presented.
"The state camp will be a partner in any discussion or move that will promote such an outline in a real way - it will not be a partner in exercises and combines at the expense of the state's security needs," it said.
"This morning, Minister Gantz informed the Prime Minister that this is the time for action and not for idle discussions that come together from moment to moment, without a clear platform, without content, and without the professionals having processed and formulated concrete solutions and proposals," it was reported.
"Therefore, it was proposed to the Prime Minister's Office yesterday, to hold a professional discussion to see if there is a basis for promoting decision-making by the Prime Minister and the ministers. This proposal has not been accepted so far. The entire Israeli public is looking at the leadership, expecting it to lead to the expansion of the ranks of the servants, to allow to fulfill his mission.
The state camp will always be in favor of reaching broad agreements - but only if they lead to a real solution.
Both in the immediate term, in a way that will ease the burden on the servants, and in the long term, in a way that will strengthen the IDF, the security organizations, the emergency and society."
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The law that regulates the exemption of yeshiva members from conscription expired last July, and the government then approved a resolution authorizing the Minister of Defense to order the IDF not to recruit yeshiva students. Now, the government plans to extend the decision, and to attach a statement of intent to enact a new conscription law in the coming months with timetables to advance the legislation, even though agreements have not yet been reached in the coalition on the scope and wording of the exemption.
Defense Minister Yoav Galant announced last month that he would not agree to submit a new draft exemption law without the agreement of all parts of the coalition, that is, both the state camp and the ultra-Orthodox factions, but at this stage, despite Contacts did take place between the parties, there are no agreements.
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