Veteran MK Yuli Edelstein Leaves Likud to Form New Political Party
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What happened
Veteran Likud MK Yuli Edelstein is leaving the party after over 20 years, opposing coalition conscription laws and planning to form a new political faction with figures like Ayelet Shaked and Gilad Erdan. His departure follows a fallout over the conscription bill and his removal as Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chair. The new party aims to attract national-religious and right-wing voters dissatisfied with the current coalition.
- 01Yuli Edelstein plans to leave Likud and form a new political party soon.
- 02He will vote against coalition conscription and daycare laws tied to ultra-Orthodox parties.
- 03Edelstein was removed as Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chair after opposing the conscription bill.
- 04The new party may include Ayelet Shaked and Gilad Erdan if they run in upcoming elections.
- 05Religious Zionist leaders support the new faction to attract disillusioned right-wing voters.
- 06The move signals the formation of a new right-wing bloc ahead of the next elections.
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