A bill exempting ultra-Orthodox draft dodgers from arrest passed its second and third readings in the Knesset plenum. 58 Knesset members voted in favor and 54 against. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived for the debate but was not present during the vote. Knesset members Yuli Edelstein and Dan Illouz from Likud voted against the bill, as did Sharon Haskel from the National Right party and Moshe Solomon from the Religious Zionism party. Michal Waldiger and Ofir Sofer from Religious Zionism were absent from the vote.