Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael Elections 2026With only a few weeks before the Knesset term ends, coalition lawmakers are narrowing their focus on a set of bills designed to benefit the ultra-Orthodox community, as well as as key parts of the judicial overhaul legislation they have been pushing since 2023Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribe11:54 AM • June 28 2026 IDTCoalition lawmakers are set to rapidly advance several pieces of legislation this week, including a controversial bill that would regulate the status of Torah studies and allow for a Haredi exemption from IDF service, as well as several key pieces of the judicial overhaul.CommentsIn the NewsNetanyahu Coalition Focuses on Judicial Overhaul, pro-ultra-Orthodox BillsCar Explosion, Shootings Kill Four in Separate Crime Incidents in Central IsraelRejuvenated German Left Party Affirms: Gaza War Is Genocide, Israel Should ExistAdvanced Israeli Systems Sold to Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Documents and Images ShowTwo 13-year-olds Found Dead After Drowning in Jordan RiverRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIAs the World Watched Gaza, Israeli Settlers Charged Ahead in the West Bank. A Clash Is ImminentWhere Does Andy Burnham Stand on Israel and Palestine?A Collapsing Society: Israel Suffers National Mental Crisis Due to the WarIsrael, the Country We Love, the Country We're Ashamed OfIsraeli Killed in Montreal Attack, Shooter Allegedly Linked to Incel IdeologyFlagGate: How Israel Set Off a Storm by Hosting a Separatist Genocide Denier