Yitzhak Goldknopf, chairman of the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party, symbolically resigned from his secondary ministerial position in the Prime Minister's Office due to the government's lack of progress on exempting yeshiva students from military conscription. Goldknopf's resignation came after a video of him dancing to an anti-Zionist song at a wedding surfaced, sparking calls for his ouster. Despite the resignation, Goldknopf retains his position as minister of housing and construction. The issue of Haredi IDF service is currently stuck in the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.

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