[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Amit Segal [@AmitSegal](/creator/twitter/AmitSegal) on x 39.5K followers Created: 2025-07-21 11:10:28 UTC An astonishing statement by Agudat Yisrael leader Yitzhak Goldknopf has brought to light the differences among the Haredi Knesset factions, and underscored the challenges Benjamin Netanyahu will face when the Knesset recess ends on October XX. Speaking to @kikarhashabat, Goldknopf made a blunt threat: If the IDF enforces the draft orders it recently sent to yeshiva students, “the country won’t rest, won’t be quiet… there will be no peace here, one way or another.” One would be forgiven for thinking that it was a fake quote in a political ad for opposition figures Avigdor Liberman and Yair Lapid, aimed at compelling Israelis to run to vote for them so that they can crack down on the Haredim. But this is hardly new from Goldknopf, who, at the behest of his rabbis, has been on the extreme end for nearly a year. The result? Agudat Yisrael is already a lost cause as far as the ultra-Orthodox factions are concerned. The question now is what will Shas’ Aryeh Deri and Degel HaTorah’s Moshe Gafni do? While the game still isn’t up for Netanyahu, the chances of passing a draft exemption law are very low, with each day that passes only making it harder. And if you think it’s hard now to pass the law—it will be nearly impossible in October. So, how much more time can the prime minister buy himself? I you ask me, I think he’ll manage to drag it out for three or four months after the Knesset reconvenes in October. Which means that now, he should be asking himself the following question: If, in four months, the government is on its last legs and the whole country has its eyes on elections, is it worth taking the electoral hit of pushing through a law to keep the Haredim out of the army? If the answer is no, Bibi could choose to surprise everyone by coming out and declaring: “Look, I didn’t cave to the ultra-Orthodox.” It may not satisfy the Haredim, but it may well soothe anger among other Israelis as they head to the ballot box.  XXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [idf](/topic/idf) [netanyahu](/topic/netanyahu) [amit](/topic/amit) [Post Link](https://x.com/AmitSegal/status/1947252833184874829)
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Amit Segal @AmitSegal on x 39.5K followers
Created: 2025-07-21 11:10:28 UTC
An astonishing statement by Agudat Yisrael leader Yitzhak Goldknopf has brought to light the differences among the Haredi Knesset factions, and underscored the challenges Benjamin Netanyahu will face when the Knesset recess ends on October XX.
Speaking to @kikarhashabat, Goldknopf made a blunt threat: If the IDF enforces the draft orders it recently sent to yeshiva students, “the country won’t rest, won’t be quiet… there will be no peace here, one way or another.”
One would be forgiven for thinking that it was a fake quote in a political ad for opposition figures Avigdor Liberman and Yair Lapid, aimed at compelling Israelis to run to vote for them so that they can crack down on the Haredim.
But this is hardly new from Goldknopf, who, at the behest of his rabbis, has been on the extreme end for nearly a year.
The result? Agudat Yisrael is already a lost cause as far as the ultra-Orthodox factions are concerned.
The question now is what will Shas’ Aryeh Deri and Degel HaTorah’s Moshe Gafni do?
While the game still isn’t up for Netanyahu, the chances of passing a draft exemption law are very low, with each day that passes only making it harder. And if you think it’s hard now to pass the law—it will be nearly impossible in October.
So, how much more time can the prime minister buy himself? I you ask me, I think he’ll manage to drag it out for three or four months after the Knesset reconvenes in October. Which means that now, he should be asking himself the following question: If, in four months, the government is on its last legs and the whole country has its eyes on elections, is it worth taking the electoral hit of pushing through a law to keep the Haredim out of the army?
If the answer is no, Bibi could choose to surprise everyone by coming out and declaring: “Look, I didn’t cave to the ultra-Orthodox.”
It may not satisfy the Haredim, but it may well soothe anger among other Israelis as they head to the ballot box.
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