Opposition demands to convene Knesset plenum to discuss haredi draft, hostages
Shas and United Torah Judaïsm said in a statement that they were ready to meet to discuss a hostage agreement.
The leaders of the opposition parties announced on Wednesday in a joint declaration that they had made an official request to convene the Knesset Plenum despite the summer recess, in order to discuss the “promotion of an law on warships, and to return the hostages and to advance an immediate agreement to end the fights in Gaza”.
According to the Knesset protocol, a minimum of 25 MKS can file a request for a plenum session during recess and can only propose two elements to place on the agenda of the plenum.
The elements in question are declaratory resolutions which would likely include a vote, but the vote would not lead to any practical step.
The Haredi parties slam the opposition
The current Knesset corners officially started on Monday July 28 and will last until October 19.
With the exception of the last two weeks of August, the Knesset committees continue to meet meetings, although with a low frequency. The plenum only wakes up if the aforementioned 25 MK or the government are asking for it.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Defense Minister Israel Katz and National Security Minister Itamer Ben-Gvir is waiting for discussion at the plenum in the Knesset, Israel’s Parliament, in Jerusalem, July 23, 2025. (Credit: Reuters/Ronen Zvulun)
In a statement earlier Wednesday, the two ultra -Orthodox (Haredi) parties in Knesset Judaism, Shas and United Torah, said in a statement: “Despite the fact that we were forced to withdraw from the government due to repeated violations of agreements by coalition partners – we are fully committed to our brothers and sisters Gaza parameters – both the living and the people who have therefore undergone mergers. Hostage contract was brought before the government and the Knesset. »»
“There is no higher mitzvah to the redemption of captives,” said both parties. “We call on the Prime Minister again to do everything in his power to bring all our brothers and sisters kidnapped – each of them – quickly to their families.”
