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Conscription clouds unity
Negotiations to form the Israeli government have become more complicated after President Isaac Herzog tasked Gadi Eisenkot with forming it. Eisenkot received the recommendations of 67 lawmakers, compared with 46 for Benjamin Netanyahu, who is calling for a unity government under his leadership and rejects relying on support from Arab parties. Eisenkot is seeking to bring the ultra-Orthodox parties on board, but their support is conditional on a legal arrangement guaranteeing that students at religious seminaries are exempt from military service, while his allies insist on expanding conscription. Eisenkot and Avigdor Lieberman agreed to seek a stable government for four years, but disagreements over conscription and alliances—including ties with Arab parties—leave the coalition’s fate uncertain.
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