Wheeling and dealing abound as Knesset wraps up summer session.
In addition to calling for a hostage deal, Rabbi Yosef said that it is permissible to release terrorists who committed criminal acts as part of the deal.
"We believe that the conditions created now following the military pressure and the targeted eliminations, create a proper timing to reach a deal that preserves Israel's essential security interests
Political commentator Israel Cohen explained the ultra-Orthodox view on the coalition crisis over the softened 'Rabbis Law,' on 103FM.
Interior Minister Moshe Arbel advocates for equal IDF conscription, challenging the Shas party's stance.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is hoping to postpone the issue to September, concerned that the Haredim could bring the government down over their funds being frozen.
Rabbi Shlomo Machpud of Shas claims that ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students enlisting in the IDF are 'infidels'.
Several haredi groups tried to reach a compromise with the help of Yesh Atid MK Moshe Tur-Paz but were blocked by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Shas.
Many haredi publications have argued that the ruling has effectively "torn apart" haredim from the rest of Israeli society.
Moshe Maya, a former MK in the Shas Party, responded to the High Court's ruling requiring the draft of ultra-Orthodox men, saying that the law will be met with resistance.
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