Legislation sponsored by the far-right Otzma Yehudit party will be removed from the Knesset agenda due to the party's pledge to continue voting against the government. Otzma Yehudit has been voting against the coalition since mid-December, with party chairman Itamar Ben Gvir threatening not to submit to coalition discipline until his budgetary demands are met. The coalition's decision comes after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was forced to leave his hospital bed to cast a crucial vote for a budget-related bill. While Netanyahu is unlikely to sack Ben Gvir, associates of the prime minister expect him to eventually leave the coalition.