Illouz: "We cannot give up on the conscription law"

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Dan Illouz, who left Likud and joined Yisrael Beytenu in the tenth spot on its list, posted on X that the conscription law cannot be given up. According to him, this is not only a matter of values but an existential necessity.

Illouz calls for forming a Zionist unity government that will win wars, conscript Haredim and lead significant economic reforms, and according to him this is the way to prevent elections. He wrote that the price of forming a government cannot be an exemption law from conscription, and that he will not agree to such a law even if it is advanced by the opposing bloc.

After Liberman expressed willingness to be flexible on the conscription issue, Illouz recalled the promise to voters. He wrote: "This is the reason I moved from Likud to Yisrael Beytenu," and according to him, if necessary he will fight against an exemption law even as a citizen. Illouz said he is not a bloc man.