Benjamin Netanyahu faced a setback as the Shas party exited his coalition due to the failure to legislate an exemption for religious students from military service, following a similar move by United Torah Judaism. Despite this, Shas will remain in the parliament coalition, but opposition leaders are calling for early elections, arguing Netanyahu now leads a minority government without a mandate to make significant decisions.
Explain It To Me Like I’m 5: Benjamin Netanyahu’s government faced a challenge when a party left because it didn’t pass a law allowing religious students to skip military service, but they won’t try to make him leave yet.
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