Knesset House Committee opens marathon sessions to fast-track Basic Law: Torah Study

The Knesset House Committee began the first of three marathon sessions, eight hours on Sunday plus full-day meetings Monday and Tuesday, to prepare Basic Law: Torah Study for second and third readings before pre-election recess on July 16. The revised draft drops earlier language equating full-time yeshiva study with IDF service, replacing it with 'significant service' to the state after coalition backbench objections. The bill still needs three more plenum readings to enter the constitutional fabric of Israel.