Haredi parties signal they could vote to dissolve Knesset if pre-election bills stall

Senior figures in Shas and United Torah Judaism told Israeli media they would back the coalition's Knesset dissolution bill through its final readings if Netanyahu cannot deliver Basic Law: Torah Study, daycare-subsidy restoration, and a halt to arrests of yeshiva students before the pre-election recess. One UTJ official said: 'We no longer have anything to threaten him with, the moment UTJ agreed to elections on October 20, as Netanyahu demanded, we were left with no leverage.' The pre-election parliamentary recess is expected to begin July 16.