Haredi Parties Face Pressure Over Draft Law as Coalition Tensions Rise

Rabbi Dov Lando declared the death of the coalition bloc at midday Tuesday. The statement followed months of debate over a draft law that would end exemptions for ultra-Orthodox men. The coalition had previously survived multiple crises, but the draft issue now threatens to dissolve the Knesset.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was photographed with haredi lawmaker Yitzhak Goldknopf at the Prime Minister’s Office in 2023.

Data on Ultra-Orthodox Households Research by Michael

Sarel, Ariel Karlinsky, and Tom Sadeh shows non-haredi Jewish households pay roughly NIS 6,100 more in taxes than they receive in services each month. Updated estimates place the monthly gap near NIS 9,000. Haredi families receive an average monthly surplus of about NIS 4,000, while Arab families receive around NIS 1,000.

The figures come from studies tracking fiscal transfers across population groups.

Opposition figures Yair Golan, Gadi Eisenkot, Naftali Bennett, Yair Lapid, and Avigdor Liberman have been urged to reject future partnerships with haredi parties. The call came from Oz Bin Nun, CEO of the Ribo Center. Bin Nun wrote that voters across the spectrum will remember how haredi parties acted during the current war.

He stated that any renewed coalition arrangement would face public resistance.