At the opening of the 26th Knesset, MK Meir Porush submitted bills to defer conscription for yeshiva students and to freeze arrests

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At the opening of the 26th Knesset, MKs Meir Porush and Eliakim Shtark tabled two bills to regulate the status of yeshiva students. One allows the issuing of deferment orders to students who study at the required scope, up to the exemption age of 26.

The second bill is a temporary provision that freezes for one year the arrest and enforcement proceedings against yeshiva students, and seeks to also halt legal proceedings already opened over failure to report. According to the bill, the arrangement will apply to those whose reporting date falls from July 2023.

The bills also include retroactive cancellation of criminal proceedings. The bill sets a requirement of studying at least 45 hours a week as a condition for deferment.