Liberman sets tough conditions — no coalition without them

The Yisrael Beiteinu party has presented a list of mandatory conditions for participating in coalition negotiations, including universal conscription, public transportation on Saturdays, civil marriage, and limiting the influence of religious structures.

The Yisrael Beiteinu party, led by Avigdor Liberman, has presented a list of tough conditions for participating in future coalition negotiations. The document, prepared by a think tank headed by Knesset member Oded Forer, formulates the party's position on religion and state issues. Key demands include a universal conscription law from age 18 for all citizens — Jews, Arabs, Druze, and Circassians — with the cancellation of exemptions and the introduction of sanctions for evasion. The party also demands the introduction of public transportation on weekends, permission for stores to operate on Saturdays (except Yom Kippur), the introduction of civil marriage and divorce, the abolition of the Chief Rabbinate's monopoly, reform of religious councils, and the repeal of laws expanding the authority of rabbinical courts. The document emphasizes that the initiative is a response to the 'deterioration of the rule of law, the weakening of state authority, and harm to IDF soldiers.'

Liberman sets tough conditions — no coalition without them