Likud MK Dan Illouz Resigns After Opposing Controversial Draft Law

Dan Illouz, a member of the Knesset from the Likud party, announced his resignation from the party after serving a single term. Illouz had recently become one of the most critical voices within Likud, particularly opposing legislation aimed at regulating the status of yeshiva students. Over the past two days, he voted against the Basic Law on Torah Study and the law freezing arrests.

Illouz also demanded that the Likud coalition leadership resume faction meetings, which he claimed had not convened for several months. He criticized the recent laws promoted in the Knesset, stating they represented a "severe harm, if not a slap in the face, to the public we were elected to represent." His resignation highlights internal party tensions surrounding the draft law and related legislation affecting religious communities in Israel.