Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chairman Yuli Edelstein addressed the ultra-Orthodox military service exemption law, stating, 'My feeling is that within one or two sessions, meaning a week or two, we'll be there. Afterward, the committee staff will begin drafting based on what was discussed here. I cannot and will not commit to a date.' Defense Ministry Deputy Director-General Kobi Blitshtein later added that 'the law's purpose is to reach an agreement with the rabbis and ultra-Orthodox leadership.' MK Merav Cohen (Yesh Atid) criticized: 'It's unthinkable that we're short of soldiers and waiting for rabbis' approval.'