Netanyahu Survives Knesset Vote Over Military Conscription Bill

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition won a vote—which could have led to new elections—61–53 in the Knesset.

6/12/2025|Updated: 6/12/2025

Israel’s parliament rejected a preliminary vote to dissolve itself in the early hours of June 12, giving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling coalition more time to tackle a political deadlock over the government’s controversial military conscription bill.

The Knesset said in a statement that 61 members of parliament opposed the Bill for the Dissolution of the Twenty-Fifth Knesset, while 53 supported it.