Shas and United Torah Judaism stated in a press release that they had been prepared to satisfy to debate a hostage deal.
The heads of the opposition events introduced in a joint assertion on Wednesday that they’d filed an official request to convene the Knesset plenum regardless of the summer time recess, so as to focus on the “promotion of a draft-evasion regulation in war-time, and returning the hostages and advancing a direct deal to finish the combating in Gaza.”
Based on Knesset protocol, a minimal of 25 MKs might file a request for a plenum session throughout recess, and should solely suggest two gadgets to put on the plenum’s agenda.
The gadgets in query are declaratory resolutions that might seemingly embrace a vote, however the vote wouldn’t result in any sensible steps.
Haredi events slam opposition
The present Knesset recess formally started on Monday, July 28, and can final till October 19.
Apart from the final two weeks of August, the Knesset’s committees proceed holding conferences, albeit with low frequency. The plenum doesn’t convene except the aforementioned 25 MKs or the federal government request it.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Protection Minister Israel Katz and Nationwide Safety Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir attend a dialogue on the plenum within the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in Jerusalem, July 23, 2025. (credit score: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun)
In a press release earlier on Wednesday, the 2 ultra-Orthodox (haredi) events within the Knesset, Shas and United Torah Judaism, stated in a press release, “Even though we had been compelled to withdraw from the federal government attributable to repeated violations of agreements by coalition companions, we stay totally dedicated to our brothers and sisters held captive within the tunnels of Gaza – each the residing and those that have fallen. Subsequently, our factions will help any proposed hostage settlement introduced earlier than the federal government and the Knesset.”
“There isn’t any mitzvah larger than the redemption of captives,” the 2 events stated. “We as soon as once more name on the prime minister to do the whole lot in his energy to deliver again all our kidnapped brothers and sisters – each single one among them – swiftly to their households.”
