The session will also include a speech by Netanyahu.Meanwhile, Government Secretary Yossi Fuchs is engaged in talks with representatives of the haredi factions and the Knesset's legal advisers, attempting to bridge the gaps regarding the wording of the conscription exemption law.

Israel's parliament is set to hold a preliminary vote on Wednesday to dissolve itself following a dispute over conscription, a first step that could lead to an early election, which polls show Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would lose.

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Despite early public announcements that they would support the dispersal bill, haredi politicians were slightly more hesitant on Tuesday night as to whether they would follow through on their threat.The opposition leaders announced that they were removing all other items they proposed from Wednesday’s plenum agenda,

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will travel to Israel later this month and address the Knesset, the country’s lawmaking body, as the top lawmaker condemns the spate of antisemitic attacks that have taken place in the U.