Israeli Lawmakers To Vote on Early Election in Blow to Netanyahu

Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel's center- and left-wing opposition said it's submitting a bill to dissolve parliament and won the support of two ultra-Orthodox parties in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's government, opening up the prospect of early elections if the legislation makes it through four rounds of voting.

The two religious parties, United Torah Judaism and Shas, say they can no longer participate in the government because it's seeking to draft ultra-Orthodox men to the military, ending a decades-long exemption.

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