{"id":204878,"date":"2026-07-13T18:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/204878\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T18:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:24:10","slug":"yair-lapid-promises-knesset-of-repair-legislative-fixes-if-oppostion-elected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/204878\/","title":{"rendered":"Yair Lapid promises ‘Knesset of repair,’ legislative fixes if oppostion elected"},"content":{"rendered":"

Opposition leader Yair Lapid<\/a> pledged on Monday that the next government would \u201crepair Israel,\u201d as other opposition party leaders vowed to repeal the coalition\u2019s controversial legislation being advanced in a legislative blitz during the Knesset\u2019s final week, before it goes into recess ahead of the October 27 elections.<\/p>\n

Lapid made the remarks at the Knesset plenum, ahead of a vote on the contentious bill that seeks to enshrine Torah study as a fundamental value in the country\u2019s basic law.<\/p>\n

Critics argue that the legislation encourages draft evasion and changes the status of yeshiva students who do not serve, enabling them to continue receiving state benefits, even amid the IDF\u2019s severe manpower shortage.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe next Knesset will be a Knesset of repair. We will come here not to destroy, not to fight, not to steal, but to repair the State of Israel together,\u201d Lapid said.<\/p>\n

He sharply criticized the government\u2019s current term, vowing that the opposition bloc would establish a state commission of inquiry into the government failures during the October 7 Hamas attacks<\/a> in 2023.<\/p>\n

\"MKMK Yair Lapid attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, July 13, 2026. (credit: YONATAN SINDEL\/FLASH90)<\/p>\n

\u201cIf, under your watch, October 7 was the moment of the greatest destruction, we will pass a state commission of inquiry so that Israel\u2019s citizens will know that we have taken the first step toward repairing the fracture and healing the wound,\u201d Lapid said. \u201cRepair begins with acknowledging the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

His statements come three years after the massacre, with no probe yet established amid an ongoing dispute over what kind of investigation should be conducted and who should lead it.<\/p>\n

Oct. 7 investigation still pending<\/p>\n

The political echelon has repeatedly blocked a state commission of inquiry into the events surrounding the attacks, despite polls showing huge public support for this type of investigation.<\/p>\n

The coalition has recently advanced a contentious bill in its first reading to establish a politically appointed investigative committee to probe government failures during the massacre.<\/p>\n

Other opposition party leaders in the bloc seeking to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the elections also condemned the coalition\u2019s legislation while speaking during faction press conferences in the Knesset.<\/p>\n

They spoke on their plans for the next government after the elections and pledged to repeal the legislation.<\/p>\n

Yisrael Beytenu leader MK Avigdor Liberman<\/a> said, \u201cWhat we are seeing in the Knesset today, and what we will see throughout this entire week, is a liquidation sale of the State of Israel and all of our basic values.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLet it be clear: In the next government, we will repeal all of these laws,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must defeat draft evasion before it defeats us. The damage being done to the IDF, to security, to operational capabilities, and to the readiness of the reserve forces is unprecedented,\u201d Liberman added.<\/p>\n

Liberman calls to stop funding draft dodgers<\/p>\n

He also called to halt all state funding to draft evaders and advance legislation that would enforce haredi conscription.<\/p>\n

Democrats party leader Yair Golan<\/a> said that \u201cthe 25th Knesset will be remembered as the most extreme, divisive, and destructive Knesset in the history of the State of Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will repeal every one of these destructive laws, one by one. We will repair all the damage caused by this government and this Knesset,\u201d he claimed. \u201cInstead of legitimizing draft evasion, we will lead a policy of equal military service. We will stop funding draft evasion and create a system that encourages military service, employment, and paying taxes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cInstead of the Basic Law: Torah Study, which cynically exploits Israel\u2019s Basic Laws for political purposes, we will complete Israel\u2019s Basic Laws, strengthen democracy, and lay the foundation for a constitution,\u201d Golan said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Opposition leader Yair Lapid pledged on Monday that the next government would \u201crepair Israel,\u201d as other opposition party…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204879,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[33],"tags":[394,37,4028,10844,81,6489],"class_list":["post-204878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-government","tag-israel","tag-knesset","tag-opposition","tag-politics","tag-yair-lapid"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116914072240827703","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}