Hendel and Illouz attack Liberman over willingness to compromise on draft law

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Yoaz Hendel, chairman of the Reservists party, wrote on X that if Yisrael Beytenu is prepared to advance "mass draft evasion for the sake of power", there is no difference between it and Smotrich and Netanyahu, and asked Liberman "how are you different?". Hendel, who did not pass the electoral threshold in the elections to the 26th Knesset, said "we will not give in to you".

Dan Illouz, number 10 on the Yisrael Beytenu list, attacked the party's chairman over his willingness to compromise with the Haredim. Illouz wrote that he would fight against exemption from service even for a civilian. Yaakov Asher welcomed the flexibility in the change bloc.

Liberman lifted the boycott on the ultra-Orthodox parties and allowed his partners in the left-wing bloc to conduct negotiations with them. Also on the agenda is a rotation agreement on the premiership between Liberman and Eisenkot.