The dismissed chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Yuli Edelstein, said during a committee discussion that the vote on his removal is "the final nail in the coffin of the draft law." According to him, "The framework I proposed includes basic principles that would allow for expanding military recruitment. I wanted a good draft law, but the ultra-Orthodox didn't want it for a simple reason - they didn't want conscription. I told them to bring their own proposal. You heard the answer at the rabbinical gatherings last week. It is forbidden to join any military framework under any circumstances." He added that "replacing the chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee will not change anything."