The Israeli Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that ultra-Orthodox men are not exempt from military service. NBC News' Josh Lederman reports on the decision amid Israel's continued war with Hamas and the potential impact it could have on Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's governing coalition.
At the end of May, President Joe Biden announced that Israel had proposed a three-phase plan to achieve a permanent cease-fire and the return of hostages taken by Hamas. Dennis Ross, the former U.S. special envoy to the Middle East, told MSNBC at the time that the plan had been approved by the Israeli war cabinet, and a number of news outlets also reported news of cabinet approval. Biden’s speech clearly signaled that he wanted Israel to stick with the plan.
Netanyahu can also use seemingly pro-cease-fire rhetoric to give the impression that he’s listening to Biden and other critics around the world who’ve been pressing him to end a military operation which has killed civilians en masse, destroyed the Gaza Strip and been characterized by international human rights groups and some Israeli scholars as genocidal. But it’s foolish and dangerous to believe Netanyahu favors a path to peace.
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