Israel’s crisis deepens as Knesset dissolution threatened and Netanyahu manoeuvres to avoid government collapse – Middle East Monitor

Israel’s government is facing one of its most serious political crises, as the Prime Minister races against time to prevent the ruling coalition from collapsing by delaying today’s (Wednesday) preliminary vote on dissolving the Knesset. 

The crisis comes amid an unprecedented escalation by ultra-Orthodox parties, which have threatened to support the Knesset’s dissolution unless an agreement is reached on the military service exemption law for yeshiva…