Part of Haredi UTJ party disgracefully leaves Knesset coalition, all because government won't pass a "draft law"

At a time when Israel has to battle Islamofascism on multiple fronts, the Haredi Degel HaTorah party decided to leave the coalition because they oppose drafting their yeshiva students:

Following the directive of the spiritual leader of Degel HaTorah, Rabbi Dov Lando, the party announced today (Monday) that it and its three MKs will leave the government and the coalition.

Earlier, Rabbi Lando published a letter he sent to the faction's MKs. "Last night, after the fast and after it became clear that the Likud party does not intend to fulfill its commitment to the Haredi representatives and raise the draft law as agreed, Rabbi Dov Lando, the leader of the generation, wrote the following words by hand," the rabbi's office said.

Even if this isn't the whole party that's resigning, it's disgraceful and repellent, because they're disrespecting IDF soldiers who need their backing. Even if the Degel faction is willing to support the government from outside, that makes no difference. What they're doing is risking the possibility that a left-wing government could be elected. In any case, Degel's actions are a huge disservice to the army, and to victims of October 7, 2023.