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This decision came after MK Moshe Gafni reported on the results of the negotiations between Netanyahu and Edelstein to Rabbi Hirsch.
The bill to disperse the Knesset was voted down 53-61 at about 3 a.m., and as a consequence, opposition parties will not be able to propose similar legislation for six months. The Haredi parties, however, could still submit a bill to call an early election should negotiations not go their way.
Deputy Minister Uri Maklev, Shas Chairman Aryeh Deri, led a behind-the-scenes effort to block Knesset's dissolution, securing protections for yeshiva students from arrest amid looming IDF draft enforcement.
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition successfully fended off an opposition-led bid to dissolve the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, after ultra-Orthodox parties
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After intensive talks with MK Yuli Edelstein, haredi lawmakers will not support the preliminary reading of the bill to dissolve the Knesset.
Johnson is also expected to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem during the brief trip.