Overview
- Shas and Degel HaTorah supported the procedural split after securing commitments from government legal advisers to advance the draft-exemption legislation.
- Agudat Yisrael voted against the move, revealing a rare divide inside United Torah Judaism.
- Ra’am and Hadash-Ta’al attempted to turn the vote into a confidence test, but Yitzhak Goldknopf, Yaakov Tessler, Meir Porush, and Avi Maoz refused to enable it.
- The decision addressed procedure rather than policy, allowing separate debate and votes on elements of the budget’s companion package.
- Coalition negotiations over the draft law and the state budget continue, as Likud MK Eli Dalal urged Netanyahu to warn of elections if Haredi parties block passage.