Published Aug 6, 2026, 1:31 PM ET · Updated 3 months ago · 1 source

Israeli Breakaway Party Eyes Netanyahu Voters Over Draft Impasse

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Two defectors from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud formed a new party that opposes exemptions for ultra-Orthodox Jews from military service, a move that risks undermining the reelection bid of the country’s longest-serving leader.