All private member bills sponsored by coalition lawmakers were removed from the Knesset agenda Wednesday amid the ongoing rift with ultra-Orthodox parties over the stalled military draft exemption law for yeshiva students, leaving the government without a majority and legislative activity effectively frozen.

The disruption comes just a few days into the Knesset’s winter session following the long summer recess, highlighting ongoing challenges for the coalition to advance legislation.

Opposition Leader Yair Lapid of the Yesh Atid party slammed the situation as proof of government dysfunction, saying, “They’ve lost the ability to govern, and it’s time for them to go home.”

While coalition bills are on hold, opposition laws are still on the agenda, including a proposal by Avi Maoz — leader and sole MK of the extremist Noam party, who quit the coalition in July — to apply Israeli sovereignty to the West Bank.

According to Hebrew media reports, Constitution Committee chair and Religious Zionism MK Simcha Rothman said all coalition bills, including his own — which seeks to split the role of the attorney general into two jobs — have........

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