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Israel Police intervened and removed Bismuth from the scene without injury.<\/p>\n
Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman MK Boaz Bismuth<\/a> (Likud) affirmed his dedication to passing the ultra-Orthodox (haredi) draft law in a post on X\/Twitter, after being attacked by a mob in Bnei Brak on Thursday.<\/p>\n “The common denominator between the extremists in Bnei Brak who attacked me tonight and the Kaplan and leftist extremists who attacked me in the past is the understanding that the conscription law will pass and lead to the conscription of Haredim,” Bismuth wrote. “I will continue fearlessly in promoting the law.”<\/p>\n According to a video circling social media and shared by the MK, members of the mob shouted the phrases “traitor” and “criminal Bismuth” at the MK’s vehicle as it passed a reported Peleg Yerushalmi faction conference.<\/p>\n N12 added that the MK had been on his way to a Bar Mitzvah in the area when his vehicle was targeted.<\/p>\n Israel Police intervened and removed Bismuth from the scene without injury.<\/p>\n Bismuth has been spearheading the advancement of the haredi conscription bill in Knesset amid the IDF manpower shortage after progress on the bill was halted during the war.<\/p>\n His plan is to advance the draft bill<\/a> within a package of legislation consisting of three laws: a law to extend mandatory military service, a conscription law, and a reserve duty law.<\/p>\n Prior to Operation Roaring Lion, the government had beenrapidly advancing the controversial draft bill<\/a>.<\/p>\n Critics argue the bill was primarily a political measure for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to appease haredi parties \u2013 Shas and United Torah Judaism \u2013 in his coalition and would not increase enlistment.<\/p>\n Keshet Neev contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\nBismuth’s haredi draft bill<\/h3>\n