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The haredi-backed Basic Law passed its final Knesset votes after weeks of coalition tensions and warnings that it could ...

The plenum passed one of the flagship laws of the haredi parties, as part of understandings reached with Netanyahu ahead of ...

Coalition races to push through torah study as a basic law, while demanding longer army service from non-Orthodox citizens ...

The agreement is expected to allow the bill to advance in the Knesset's House Committee ahead of its final second and third ...

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Four coalition MKs opposed measure equating bible study to military service; critics say bill seeks to preserve draft exemptions, 'spits in the face' of servicemembers The post Knesset advances Basic ...

JERUSALEM — Walk the streets of Jerusalem on any given weekday morning, and you will discover there’s no shortage of intensive Torah study in this city that symbolizes the beating heart of the Jewish ...

Coalition secures final approval of flagship Haredi-backed Basic Law as part of a broader end-of-term deal trading ...

Israel's parliament on Monday night gave final approval to a new Basic Law declaring Torah study a foundational value of the Jewish state. The 120-member Knesset passed the Basic Law: Torah Study in ...