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mo4ch:>‘Don’t drag Israel into civil war’: Ultra-Orthodox party urges ex-minister over military draft bill | Mo4ch News

Israel’s ultra-Orthodox party has called on former defense minister Avigdor Lieberman not to “drag Israel into civil war” by refusing to back down on a bill that would include Haredi men in the mandatory military draft.“We are calling on Lieberman not to drag Israel into civil war,” Shas said in a statement that accused the ex-minister of “not telling the truth about the draft law” and using it as an “excuse to topple the right-wing government.” Their criticism echoes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s earlier sentiments on the issue.  Also on rt.com1,200 hidden cameras seized from Israeli polling stations as Netanyahu defends Likud moveNetanyahu has until Wednesday to form a coalition government after April’s elections left his Likud Party short of enough seats. Yisrael Beiteinu chair Lieberman has said he would only form a government with Likud if the bill about ultra-Orthodox conscription was passed in the Knesset. Ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students are currently able to defe…