Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has secured the backing of ultra-Orthodox factions, defusing a crisis over the IDF draft law. Netanyahu convinced senior ultra-Orthodox rabbis to withdraw their threat to topple the government. The prime minister spoke with Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch and the Belz Rebbe, urging them to avoid issuing public threats or setting deadlines. An understanding was reached that the ultra-Orthodox factions would not issue an ultimatum over the draft law at this time. The coalition now has four weeks to finalize a draft bill and pass it through the Knesset.