Jerusalem, 6 November, 2026 (TPS-IL) — Yisrael Beiteinu chairman Avigdor Liberman is signaling a willingness to compromise on Haredi military conscription legislation, marking a significant shift from his longstanding demand for mandatory enlistment.
Liberman recently acknowledged that passing a draft law under current political circumstances is unrealistic and has dropped his blanket opposition to sitting in a government with Haredi parties. “It pains me,” he reportedly said regarding the concessions involved.
The emerging compromise could be based on the 2018 draft legislation proposed by Liberman himself, which was considerably more lenient than his subsequent demands for universal conscription.
The flexibility could help Gadi Eisenkot’s opposition bloc recruit United Torah Judaism into a coalition without Benjamin Netanyahu. With another election widely viewed by the negotiating parties as the least desirable outcome, the draft issue has become a central focus of coalition negotiations.
