Yuli Edelstein
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At a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, IDF representatives explained the criteria and goals of the first draft orders sent to Haredim.
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IDF, Haredim
The decision comes following reports that the IDF will be sending out initial draft orders for Haredim starting next Sunday.
![Budget a "serious error." MK Yuli Edelstein.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/12/06/52f46860-9439-11ee-bc33-7941d28036f3__h331_w650.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War, Budget, Economy
The Knesset Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman sharply criticized the budget outline for 2023 as a "serious error."
![Discussion in the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, archive](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/09/21/3a3da110-5866-11ee-b177-59b3ed0fceec__h331_w650.jpg)
Demand for Urgent Discussion
Members of the opposition in the Foreign Affairs and Security Committee are demanding a discussion to be held regarding the security implications if Saudi Arabia is allowed to develop an independent nuclear program: "To professionally examine the implications"
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Protest Within The Likud
Before the meeting with Biden, a line of Likud members in a letter to Netanyahu: "We congratulate the Prime Minister on his journey that we all hope will bring normalization and peace with Saudi Arabia, without giving up homeland territories."
![Yuli Edelstein regrets and says: "That's not what I said"](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/07/31/f7902e70-2f73-11ee-9c79-937c2f123b03__h331_w650.jpg)
Edelstein: "Be Precise with my Words"
After his remarks on the continuation of the legislative process of the judicial reform were perceived as rebellion, Knesset member Yuli Edelstein explained this morning that it was not his intention: "Be precise with my words, I did not say that I would only support legislation with broad consensus"