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<\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nShas and United Torah Judaism said in a statement that they were willing to meet to discuss a hostage deal.<\/p>\nThe heads of the opposition parties<\/a> announced in a joint statement on Wednesday that they had filed an official request to convene the Knesset plenum despite the summer recess, in order to discuss the \u201cpromotion of a draft-evasion law in war-time, and returning the hostages and advancing an immediate deal to end the fighting in Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\nAccording to Knesset protocol, a minimum of 25 MKs may file a request for a plenum session during recess, and may only propose two items to place on the plenum\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\nThe items in question are declaratory resolutions that would likely include a vote, but the vote would not lead to any practical steps.<\/p>\nHaredi parties slam opposition<\/h3>\nThe current Knesset recess officially began on Monday, July 28, and will last until October 19.<\/p>\nExcept for the last two weeks of August, the Knesset\u2019s<\/a> committees continue holding meetings, albeit with low frequency. The plenum does not convene unless the aforementioned 25 MKs or the government request it.<\/p>\n\n<\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div>\nIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Defense Minister Israel Katz and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir attend a discussion at the plenum in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in Jerusalem, July 23, 2025. (credit: REUTERS\/Ronen Zvulun)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIn a statement earlier on Wednesday, the two ultra-Orthodox (haredi<\/a>) parties in the Knesset, Shas and United Torah Judaism, said in a statement, \u201cDespite the fact that we were compelled to withdraw from the government due to repeated violations of agreements by coalition partners, we remain fully committed to our brothers and sisters held captive in the tunnels of Gaza \u2013 both the living and those who have fallen. Therefore, our factions will support any proposed hostage agreement brought before the government and the Knesset.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cThere is no mitzvah greater than the redemption of captives<\/a>,\u201d the two parties said. \u201cWe once again call on the prime minister to do everything in his power to bring back all our kidnapped brothers and sisters \u2013 every single one of them \u2013 swiftly to their families.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article.Read More ›<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/jerusalem_post_articles_818\/f7376a0748a007b5646670f015f62211","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51237"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Shas and United Torah Judaism said in a statement that they were willing to meet to discuss a hostage deal.<\/p>\n
The heads of the opposition parties<\/a> announced in a joint statement on Wednesday that they had filed an official request to convene the Knesset plenum despite the summer recess, in order to discuss the \u201cpromotion of a draft-evasion law in war-time, and returning the hostages and advancing an immediate deal to end the fighting in Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\nAccording to Knesset protocol, a minimum of 25 MKs may file a request for a plenum session during recess, and may only propose two items to place on the plenum\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\nThe items in question are declaratory resolutions that would likely include a vote, but the vote would not lead to any practical steps.<\/p>\nHaredi parties slam opposition<\/h3>\nThe current Knesset recess officially began on Monday, July 28, and will last until October 19.<\/p>\nExcept for the last two weeks of August, the Knesset\u2019s<\/a> committees continue holding meetings, albeit with low frequency. The plenum does not convene unless the aforementioned 25 MKs or the government request it.<\/p>\n\n<\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div>\nIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Defense Minister Israel Katz and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir attend a discussion at the plenum in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in Jerusalem, July 23, 2025. (credit: REUTERS\/Ronen Zvulun)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIn a statement earlier on Wednesday, the two ultra-Orthodox (haredi<\/a>) parties in the Knesset, Shas and United Torah Judaism, said in a statement, \u201cDespite the fact that we were compelled to withdraw from the government due to repeated violations of agreements by coalition partners, we remain fully committed to our brothers and sisters held captive in the tunnels of Gaza \u2013 both the living and those who have fallen. Therefore, our factions will support any proposed hostage agreement brought before the government and the Knesset.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cThere is no mitzvah greater than the redemption of captives<\/a>,\u201d the two parties said. \u201cWe once again call on the prime minister to do everything in his power to bring back all our kidnapped brothers and sisters \u2013 every single one of them \u2013 swiftly to their families.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article.Read More ›<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/jerusalem_post_articles_818\/f7376a0748a007b5646670f015f62211","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51237"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
According to Knesset protocol, a minimum of 25 MKs may file a request for a plenum session during recess, and may only propose two items to place on the plenum\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n
The items in question are declaratory resolutions that would likely include a vote, but the vote would not lead to any practical steps.<\/p>\n
The current Knesset recess officially began on Monday, July 28, and will last until October 19.<\/p>\n
Except for the last two weeks of August, the Knesset\u2019s<\/a> committees continue holding meetings, albeit with low frequency. The plenum does not convene unless the aforementioned 25 MKs or the government request it.<\/p>\n\n<\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div>\nIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Defense Minister Israel Katz and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir attend a discussion at the plenum in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in Jerusalem, July 23, 2025. (credit: REUTERS\/Ronen Zvulun)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIn a statement earlier on Wednesday, the two ultra-Orthodox (haredi<\/a>) parties in the Knesset, Shas and United Torah Judaism, said in a statement, \u201cDespite the fact that we were compelled to withdraw from the government due to repeated violations of agreements by coalition partners, we remain fully committed to our brothers and sisters held captive in the tunnels of Gaza \u2013 both the living and those who have fallen. Therefore, our factions will support any proposed hostage agreement brought before the government and the Knesset.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cThere is no mitzvah greater than the redemption of captives<\/a>,\u201d the two parties said. \u201cWe once again call on the prime minister to do everything in his power to bring back all our kidnapped brothers and sisters \u2013 every single one of them \u2013 swiftly to their families.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article.Read More ›<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/jerusalem_post_articles_818\/f7376a0748a007b5646670f015f62211","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51237"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Defense Minister Israel Katz and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir attend a discussion at the plenum in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in Jerusalem, July 23, 2025. (credit: REUTERS\/Ronen Zvulun)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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