Two partners say they will bring down Knesset if government does not pass law on religious exemption for military service

Two partners say they will bring down Knesset if government does not pass law on religious exemption for military service

The Israeli prime minister’s coalition partners may back an opposition motion over rules that exempt religious students from serving in the military.

Ultra-Orthodox parties oppose bill but deep divisions remain over religious exemptions for military service

The prime minister plunges the war-weary region into a fresh bout of conflict that threatens to be its most destructive

Israeli prime minister seized chance to strike but risks delaying rather than destroying weapons programme