Porush's Tuesday demand effectively put the divisive issue of ultra-Orthodox conscription back on Netanyahu's desk, just as he persuaded ultra-Orthodox leaders on Sunday to postpone the passing of the draft exemption until after the government budget is passed

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This will be the second time that a Genesis Prize has been awarded outside Israel, with a spokesperson saying the move "has nothing to do" with the political turmoil since Netanyahu's hard-right government took office

The hard-right government's assault on democracy is sending voters from the right over to opposition leader Yair Lapid

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Ronen Shoval, a supporter of the Netanyahu government’s controversial judicial overhaul plan, is one of the co-founders of Im Tirzu, a far-right NGO which a Jerusalem court identified as 'sharing similarities with fascism'