The Draft Bill is Dead But the Budget Survives

Also, Israel's worst academic gets a promotion, the looming Haredi financial crisis, and more.

The 2026 budget’s first reading. (@knessetENG/X)

It’s Tuesday, February 10, and the Haredi draft bill looks to be dead on arrival. The executioners: the Haredi parties and the government’s legal advisers. The sole beneficiary? Benjamin Netanyahu.

After several days of discussion in the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee during the bill’s review phase, …