🔴 General Closure of Commercial Markets in Iraq in Protest Against New Customs Tariffs

🤔 The Baghdad Chamber of Commerce announced a complete shutdown of commercial markets across Iraq starting Sunday, in protest against Government Decision No. 957 of 2025 regarding increased customs tariffs on imports. The decision was ratified in late October 2025 and came into effect in January 2026.

🖊 The decision raises tariffs to between 5% and 30%, covering most imported goods. However, implementation was sudden, without a gradual schedule or exemptions for essential goods. This led to a halt in the movement of goods at customs, affected market prices, and sparked a wave of anger among traders.

💬 The Chamber of Commerce stated that the closure aims to pressure the government to amend or postpone the application of the new tariffs, especially since the abrupt implementation caused immediate losses for traders and disrupted supplies in the markets.

📌 Background: The decision was issued by the central government before the new parliament had full authority. Since then, parliament has not made any amendments to the decision, despite repeated protests from traders.


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🔴 The Commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) alongside Witkoff and Kushner as part of the American delegation in the Iran–United States negotiations in Muscat.

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🔴The Sovereign Void: Why the Architects of the Multipolar World Are Missing from the Empire’s Files


The unsealing of the Epstein documents (2024–2026) has provided more than just a list of names; it has provided a forensic map of the Atlanticist power structure. While the files are saturated with the names of U.S. Presidents, British royalty, and Zionist power brokers, there is a glaring absence of the leaders currently architecting the Multipolar World.

This absence is not a coincidence of geography—it is a structural firewall created by the pursuit of national sovereignty.

1. The Blackmail-Based Order
The Epstein network was never merely a tabloid scandal; it was a functional infrastructure for the Western ruling class. It served as a nexus where finance, intelligence, and high-level politics merged to ensure institutional loyalty through kompromat (compromising material) and shared liability.

To be "integrated" into the Western-led "Rules-Based International Order" often required entry into these elite social circuits. The figures missing from these files—Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Kim Jong Un, and Imran Khan—exist entirely outside this circuit because they have fundamentally decoupled their states from the Western social and financial ecosystem.

2. Sovereignty as a Shield
The leaders of the emerging multipolar hubs have been subjected to decades of "maximum pressure," sanctions, and character assassination. Paradoxically, this isolation served as a sanctuary of sovereignty.

• The Russian and Chinese Wall: Epstein’s recorded attempts to facilitate meetings with Vladimir Putin (2011–2014) were met with total failure. Putin’s Russia and Xi Jinping’s China have spent the last decade building indigenous financial and social infrastructures. By being locked out of the West’s "elite" circles, they remained immune to the specific brand of systemic corruption and social engineering used to manage Western puppet states.

• The Case of Imran Khan: As a disruptive populist, Khan’s absence from these files is telling. Unlike the traditional Pakistani political elite who are deeply integrated into Western real estate and financial markets, Khan’s refusal to serve as a client-state proxy led to his removal via a 2022 parliamentary maneuver—widely attributed to U.S. pressure. His lack of "files" meant he could not be managed; he had to be deposed.

• Intellectual Independence: The rejection of the network by Professor Norman Finkelstein illustrates the price of intellectual sovereignty. While other prominent academics were caught in the web, Finkelstein’s status as a pariah for his critique of the Zionist project made him unreachable.

3. The List of the "Un-compromised"
The following figures share a common trait: they are the primary targets of Western aggression, yet they are the only global power players absent from the Empire’s most infamous ledger:

• Vladimir Putin: Endured relentless sanctions and 2016 election interference claims; Epstein’s attempts to reach him were rebuffed.

• Xi Jinping: Targeted by Xinjiang, Hong Kong, and South China Sea sanctions; no direct social or financial links to the Epstein circuit.

• Kim Jong Un: Subjected to the most extreme isolation in modern history; Epstein’s documented interest in North Korean "summits" never materialized into access.

• Imran Khan: Ousted and jailed after refusing to provide military bases and pursuing an independent foreign policy; no ties to Western elite scandals.

4. Conclusion: A Question of Survival
The Epstein files prove that to be a "friend" of the Empire is to be a participant in its decay. The "International Community" is a club where membership is bought with complicity.

Is it a coincidence that those most hostile to Western domination are also the ones missing from its most infamous corruption networks? Or is it the consequence of true independence? As the Western order fumbles through its internal rot, a new world is being built by those who were never on "the list"—because they refused to pay the entry price.

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🔴Hours After Muscat Talks: Washington Imposes New Sanctions on Iranian Oil Exports

The United States announced a new package of sanctions on Iran on Friday evening, targeting 15 entities and 14 oil tankers linked to the export of oil and petrochemical products. According to Reuters, these measures come just hours after the conclusion of the first round of indirect talks between Tehran and Washington in Muscat.

The U.S. State Department stated that the sanctioned tankers are part of what it described as a "ghost fleet" used to circumvent sanctions and illegally transport Iranian oil. State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott confirmed that these actions are part of the Trump administration's "maximum pressure" policy aimed at reducing Iranian oil exports.

For its part, the U.S. Treasury Department announced additional sanctions on two individuals linked to the Iranian oil trade, freezing their assets within the United States and prohibiting any financial dealings with them by U.S. individuals or companies.

According to the U.S. statement, the sanctions included companies operating in several countries, including Turkey, the UAE, China, India, and Hong Kong. Details were also released on 14 oil tankers said to have played a direct role in transporting Iranian oil.

Washington emphasized that the listing of these entities, individuals, and vessels on the sanctions lists means the freezing of any potential assets they hold within the United States and the imposition of a total ban on any cooperation with them by U.S. parties.

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🔴 Pakistan: 200 people killed or injured in a terrorist attack linked to US- and Saudi-backed armed movements

On Friday, Pakistan’s capital Islamabad witnessed a terrorist bombing targeting the Al-Khadija al-Kubra Mosque during Friday prayers, leaving at least 31 people dead and around 169 others wounded, in one of the deadliest attacks in the city in more than a decade.

The explosion occurred in the Tarlai area on the outskirts of Islamabad inside a crowded Shia mosque, resulting in scenes of destruction and chaos as the wounded were rushed to hospitals, with expectations that the death toll may rise.

So far, no group has officially claimed responsibility for the attack, but security sources point to possible involvement of armed groups such as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan or Islamic State – Khorasan Province, both of which have previously targeted Shia communities.

This operation reflects the escalation of violence and extremism in Pakistan in recent months, following a series of attacks in different provinces amid ongoing conflict between armed groups and the state.

The bombing comes just days after popular demonstrations in Pakistan in support of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, at a time of rising regional tensions and increasing cross-border violence.

As investigations continue, Pakistani authorities and the international community have called for the perpetrators to be pursued and brought to justice, while Islamabad’s government has pledged to intensify security efforts to curb the growing wave of violence.

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🔴 U.S. Treasury Secretary Reveals Strategy to Create Economic Unrest in Iran

🤔U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated that the measures taken by the Treasury Department led to the creation of a dollar shortage inside Iran, forcing the Iranian central bank to print money, which resulted in the collapse of the national currency and a sharp rise in inflation.

📄Bessent added:

🌕 “We will continue monitoring all our partners, all our Iranian partners,”
🌕 emphasizing Washington’s ongoing surveillance of actors connected to Iran’s economy.

🖊These remarks reflect the existence of a U.S. economic strategy aimed at generating economic instability in countries such as Iran, relying on what the United States consistently refers to as its “partners,” with potential repercussions extending to other countries in the region, including Iraq.


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Intelligence Update: February 2026


As the old global order fractures, the real war is being fought in the shadows. Here is the strategic reality the mainstream refuses to clarify.

• NATO’s Breaking Point: Internal intelligence sharing has reached a functional collapse. Following unilateral moves by Washington that prioritized US hegemony over "allied" interests, European trust is at an all-time low. Denmark’s emergency advisory for officials to disable Bluetooth is a stark admission: in the West, your "ally" is your primary eavesdropper.

• The Shadow War in Moscow: Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alexeyev of the GRU survived an assassination attempt in Moscow. While the West uses proxies for terror, Russia is securing its future in the Arctic. The aggressive expansion of Arctic LNG infrastructure is Moscow’s definitive answer to economic warfare—energy sovereignty is the new frontline.

• Implosion at the DNI: The US Office of the Director of National Intelligence is gutting its staff by 40%. This isn't just restructuring; it is a purge. The American intelligence apparatus is cannibalizing itself as internal political factions struggle for control of the collapsing empire.

• Iran’s Resilience: Western media is saturated with reports of "damaged" Iranian nuclear sites. The reality? Tehran has mastered the art of rapid recovery and strategic hardening. Their ballistic priority remains the ultimate deterrent against any regional miscalculation by the Zionist entity or its backers.

• The Cost of Treason: Cuba has delivered a life sentence to former Economy Minister Alejandro Gil for espionage. A clear message from Havana: at this stage of the global struggle, there is no room for those who sell their nation to the "enemy."

• AI & Moral Decay: UK regulators are now scrambling to contain the fallout from Grok AI’s generation of non-consensual deepfakes. The very tools designed for cognitive warfare are now eroding the social fabric of the societies that unleashed them.

History is accelerating. We know who is built to survive the crash.

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🔴Masks Off in Washington: Incompetent Staff or Calculated Bigotry?


💳Donald Trump is once again at the center of a racial firestorm after sharing a video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes. While the White House attempts to bury the scandal under the guise of a "staffing error," the incident exposes the deep-seated decay at the heart of the American political establishment.

🔘 The "I Didn't See It" Defense: Trump claims he only watched the beginning of the 62-second clip—focusing on his usual election fraud rhetoric—and missed the racist caricature at the end. The White House initially doubled down, dismissing the backlash as "fake outrage" before forced deletion following internal Republican pressure.

🔘 Fractures in the GOP: Even loyal allies like Senator Tim Scott couldn't ignore the blatant imagery, calling it "the most racist thing" he’s seen from this administration. This isn't an isolated "mistake"; it is a continuation of a decades-long pattern of birtherism and dehumanizing rhetoric used to galvanize a specific base.

🔘 Weaponized Memetics: By portraying high-profile political opponents as animals, the Trump apparatus is signaling a total abandonment of civil discourse in favor of primitive tribalism. Whether intentional or "erroneous," the message is clear: in the pursuit of power, no trope is too vile and no history too painful to exploit.

🔘While the Empire lectures the world on human rights, its own leadership remains tethered to the most regressive and hateful caricatures of the past.


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🔴 The Silent Killer: Iran’s Naval Mine Strategy in the Persian Gulf
Operational Warning:

🤔The Iranian Navy has unveiled advanced minelaying tactics as a direct deterrent to the U.S. Fleet.

🔘 Asymmetric Advantage: The narrow geography of the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz turns naval mines into high-impact military and economic weapons.

🔘 Multi-Layered Defense: Strategy integrates coastal radar, drones, and underwater sensors to create a precise operational map before deployment.

🔘 High-Risk Zones: Strategic minefields in vital corridors force enemy vessels to slow down or alter course into "kill zones."

🔘 Tactical Integration: Mines work in tandem with coastal missiles, fast boats, and electronic warfare.

🔘 The Arsenal:
Includes Sadaf-2, smart mines (acoustic/magnetic sensors), and mobile "creeping" mines.

🔘 Innovation: Recent drills (Great Prophet 19) demonstrated rapid minelaying via Fajr-5 rockets launched from the coast, eliminating the need for vulnerable minelaying ships.

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🔴 Netanyahu flies to Washington with a “Zero Deal” agenda —

🔽total nuclear rollback, zero enrichment, missile range limits, dismantling the Shi’a Axis, and heavy enforcement on Iran. As Trump tries to salvage talks in Muscat, Jerusalem’s maximalist push could break the diplomatic track.


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Impact on Future Iran Negotiations

Netanyahu’s “Zero Deal” demands risk pushing to the margins a diplomatic track that so far prioritizes nuclear restraint. By elevating missiles and regional influence to primary negotiating points, Israel could undermine U.S.–Iran engagement, hardening Tehran’s position and potentially prompting greater military posturing in the Gulf.

The choice ahead for Trump — between U.S. diplomatic pragmatism and Israeli strategic maximalism — will shape the region’s trajectory for years.


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🔴Latest news from the South of Lebanon :

🌕An Israeli drone strike hit a car in the southern Lebanese village of Yanouh, killing three people including a child, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency. The Israeli army claimed it targeted a “Hezbollah member.”

🤔Since the end of the 2024 war, Israel has carried out near-daily strikes and incursions into Lebanon, leaving over 4,000 dead and causing $11 billion in destruction.

🗒Message from the Observer:

🤔A child killed in Yanouh, dismissed as “collateral” in Israel’s military statement. This is the language of occupation: turning civilian blood into footnotes.

🤲The reality is clear—Israel wages a slow-motion war of erasure, and today’s martyr child is the most honest witness that “Israeli security” means civilian death.

👌From Yanouh to all of Lebanon, resistance is not a choice—it is survival.

👍This incident took place just one day after the Lebanese PM Nawaf Salam said the government will protect its people in the South !


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🔴From Tehran to Baghdad: The Economic Shock as a Gateway to Chaos

🔘It must first be acknowledged that any reading of what is happening in Iraq today, or what occurred in Iran at the beginning of November, cannot be separated from the accelerating U.S. military buildup in the region. Recent history has taught us that the economy precedes the cannon, and when the Pentagon decides on a course, the U.S. Treasury becomes the executive tool for that decision—planning, funding, and implementation.

🔘This link became clear after the serious admissions made by the U.S. Treasury Secretary before Congress, when he openly spoke of a strategy aimed at creating economic turmoil inside Iran. More dangerous still, as the Secretary himself admitted, is the presence of partners inside Iran and Iraq who support these policies, whether knowingly or unknowingly.

🔴 Dangerous Parallels Between Iran and Iraq

👌What happened in Iran and what is happening today in Iraq are not separate events; they share a trajectory that must be taken seriously:

🌕1. The Iranian Case:
The Pezeshkian government
implemented harsh economic measures that directly impoverished the middle and lower classes, creating unprecedented public tension. The most shocking of these measures was raising the official dollar rate from 28,500 tomans to 131,000 tomans.

📰The results were:

👌 Rapid collapse of the national currency
👌 Severe inflation
👌 Deepening gap between rich and poor
👌Explosion of public anger in the streets


🔘These protests later turned into bloody violence, leaving thousands of civilian and security force casualties, amid clear U.S. and Israeli interventions. Despite external factors, the Iranian government bears primary responsibility for this disaster, having chosen economic shock over less destructive alternatives.

🌕 2. The Iraqi Case:
👌In Iraq, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ Al-Sudani’s government began implementing similar measures, notably raising customs duties on certain imports to around 30%. This triggered widespread strikes among shop owners and wholesalers, and led to the closure of many markets in Baghdad and other provinces.

🤔The danger is compounded by timing: these measures are being enforced just before Ramadan, the most sensitive period for economic activity and consumer demand. This means double pressure on both citizens and the market.

💬Some may justify these policies with arguments about controlling borders or curbing smuggling and tax evasion. But the core question remains: at what cost?
Is it logical to pursue reforms that crush the middle class, drain the poor, and deprive the market of vital goods stuck at border crossings?

🔹Especially when the causes of deficit are well known:

✌ An economy dependent on U.S. management of oil revenues
✌ Deep-rooted corruption in state institutions
✌ Chronic government failure to hold major corrupt figures accountable


🔽Meanwhile, salaries of the three presidencies remain untouched, the world’s most expensive parliament continues unchecked, and certain officials’ offices have turned into economic empires.

🌕3. The Political Cover:
🫶In Iran, Pezeshkian’s government did not act alone; without political cover, it would not have dared to implement such economic shock despite opposition.

🙌In Iraq, the scene is even clearer and more frustrating: a dormant parliament, and a State Administration Coalition—comprising Shiite, Sunni, and minority ruling forces—issuing statements stressing the need to support government economic reforms and decisions to control borders and curb smuggling and tax evasion.

🌕But this political support practically means prioritizing the cost of reform over the people, instead of pursuing real reform: prosecuting the corrupt, recovering stolen funds, and taxing the wealthy.

🔴 Final Warning

✌Iraqi politicians must listen carefully to the voice of the market, and to the cries of the middle and poor classes before it is too late. What happened in Iran is less than a month old, and the lesson is still fresh.

👌Military fleets have reached the Arabian Sea, and the notion that Iraq is safe from war is a dangerous illusion.
ISIS lurks at the borders, while inside the country a Trojan horse exists in overcrowded prisons filled with ISIS members—many transferred after the collapse of the SDF—waiting for the zero hour.

👋The United States did not come to the region to protect its peoples, but to exhaust them economically, implode them from within, and pave the way for Israel’s interests.

🙌We are talking about sovereignty, security, Iraq’s unity, and its future.

🔽Abandon your personal interests, and extinguish the strife before it spirals out of control.



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🔴 “Make the Enemy Despair”

🔰 The Leader of the Islamic Revolution, in a televised address to the Iranian people, on the eve of the 47th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution and “God’s Day” – February 11.

🔽 In the Name of God, the Most Merciful, the Compassionate

👍 February 11th each year is the day the dignity and power of the Iranian nation are revealed. A nation, by God’s grace, full of drive, firm in will, steady in steps, loyal, and aware of its interests and dangers. On that first “22 Bahman,” the Iranian people achieved a great victory—rescuing themselves and their country from foreign domination. Those foreigners have tried ever since to restore the old order, but the people stood firm, and 22 Bahman became the symbol of that resilience.

🔹 These marches are unmatched anywhere in the world. Nowhere else do we see such massive crowds decades after independence, proving the nation’s presence year after year. Today again, the Iranian people demonstrate their existence, forcing the greedy to retreat from Iran, the Republic, and the people’s interests.

👍 National power is not first about missiles or planes—it begins with the will and endurance of the people. You have shown this resilience; show it again in every arena, and make the enemy despair. As long as the enemy has hope, the nation remains exposed. The enemy’s despair depends on your unity, your thought, your will, your drive, and your resistance. These are the foundations of national power.

🔹 Our youth will advance, God willing, in science and work, in piety and ethics, in material and spiritual progress—bringing more honor to their country. February 11th is the manifestation of all this: people in the streets, raising slogans, declaring truths, showing solidarity and loyalty to the Islamic Republic.

👍 We hope, God willing, that this year’s 22 Bahman—like past years—will magnify the greatness of the Iranian people, compelling nations, governments, and powers to bow before this nation’s grandeur. And so it shall be, God willing.

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🔴Statement issued by Hezbollah regarding Israeli aggressions on South Lebanon:

Hezbollah condemns the grave aggression committed by the Israeli enemy through its incursion into the town of Al-Habbariyeh in the Hasbaya district, and the kidnapping of the Islamic Group’s official in the Hasbaya and Marjayoun areas, brother Atwi Atwi, from his home, assaulting him and his family and terrorizing them.

Hezbollah also condemns the two attacks: one on a car in the town of Yanouh, which led to the martyrdom of three people including a child, and another that resulted in the martyrdom of a citizen in the town of Aita al-Shaab. These acts confirm the criminal and brutal nature of this enemy, built on killing, terrorism, piracy, and complete disregard for Lebanese sovereignty.

This dangerous development signals the beginning of a new phase of Israeli lawlessness and recklessness, based on incursions, kidnappings, and detentions, exposing all the people of the South to direct danger and placing them under constant threat, in the absence of any deterrent or protection against an enemy that disregards all rules and respects no laws or international conventions.

In the face of this blatant aggression—especially following the Prime Minister’s visit to the South, where he witnessed the suffering of our people and the presence of occupation forces on our land—the Lebanese state is today called upon to fully assume its national responsibilities, as it committed itself in its ministerial statement. It must break out of its silence and paralysis, adopt deterrent measures and firm, clear positions, and move immediately on all political, diplomatic, and legal levels.

Serious action is required to protect citizens, rather than relying on words that do not prevent the enemy from persisting in its aggressions and recklessness.

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🔴Kuwait’s "Terror List": When Healing Becomes a Crime

The Kuwaiti regime has officially designated eight major Lebanese hospitals as "terrorist entities." This isn't just a legal filing; it is the criminalization of healthcare and a direct assault on the survival of the Lebanese people.

The Target List:
(Al-Rasoul Al-Aazam, Sheikh Ragheb Harb, Salah Ghandour, Al-Amal, Dar Al-Hikma, Al-Batoul, Saint George - Hadath, and Al-Shifa).
These are licensed, civilian medical institutions. They are lifelines for hundreds of thousands in the South, the Bekaa, and Beirut—regions already enduring the dual fires of military aggression and economic strangulation.

By blacklisting emergency rooms and surgical theaters without a shred of evidence, Kuwait is weaponizing counter-terrorism laws to serve a political vendetta.

This move mirrors the logic of the occupier: if you cannot break a people's will on the battlefield, you starve them of medicine and hope.

When a regime classifies a hospital as "terrorist," it provides the political cover for its eventual destruction. While some choose the path of complicity and siege, these hospitals will remain—as they always have—fortresses of resilience for the wounded and the weary.



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🔴Lebanon: Daily Report of Israeli Aggressions (Feb 9, 2026)

🤔The Israeli occupation continues its systematic violations of Lebanese sovereignty, escalating tactics of assassination, intimidation, and abduction.

🔘 Assassinations: A citizen was shot and killed in Ayta al-Shab. A drone strike in Yanouh targeted a vehicle, killing 3 people.

🔘 Abductions: An infiltration into Al-Habbariyeh at dawn resulted in the kidnapping of a civilian.

🔘 Psychological Warfare: Drones dropped stun grenades over Ayta al-Shab (5), Az-Zalloutiyeh (3), Yarin (1), and Kafr Kila (1). In Al-Wazzani, drones broadcast audio recordings to terrorize local farmers.

🔘 Direct Fire: Heavy machine-gun fire targeted the outskirts of Kafr Kila, Blida, and Odaisseh, while mortar shells struck the outskirts of Aitaroun.


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🔴War Within the Haredi Community: Religious Booklet Attacks Recruitment Tracks; Exemption Law Ignites Coalition Crisis

By : Shilo Fried - Yedioth Ahronoth


"All military frameworks are void and harmful." This quote from Rabbi Lando is featured on the front page of an anti-conscription booklet issued by the "Ezrim VeMaginam" organization. The group operates on behalf of the Lithuanian "Degel HaTorah" faction, which is simultaneously promoting a draft exemption law in the Knesset.

The booklet is presented as a "professional investigation exposing military tracks infiltrating the Torah world under the guise of 'Kodkod,' 'Ma'alot Tzur,' and similar programs"—recruitment tracks specifically designed for Haredi Jews.

It primarily targets tracks that accept married Haredim to learn a profession and serve without uniforms under rabbinical supervision in a segregated environment. Despite these adjustments and the General Staff orders establishing these tracks, the booklet expresses fierce opposition to any conscription. The cover even depicts a hammer bearing the IDF logo looming over yeshiva students.

The publication cites several prominent rabbis opposing IDF service in any form, even as their elected representatives in Haredi parties promote a bill that would grant exemptions while agreeing on a quota of yeshiva students to be drafted.

For instance, the booklet states: "There are many attempts by the army to create dedicated structures for Haredim... such as the Kodkod and Hasmonean units. However, those serving, even within these structures, face grave doubts regarding whether they will remain Haredi." It further explains that recruits become "property of the IDF" and claims that those joining specific tracks may be transferred to other units.

Regarding the "Kodkod" track, a chapter heading warns of a "Conspiracy," stating: "The declared goal of the founders and directors of Kodkod is to damage the depths of the Torah world. Every Jew who understands the importance of these matters realizes this is a horrific development that may entrap many members of Haredi Judaism."

Haredim expect the bill prepared by the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Boaz Bismuth, to be put to a committee vote this week before its second and third readings in the Knesset plenum. The coalition expects the law to pass and hopes that most opponents within Likud and Religious Zionism will reconsider and support it.

Last week, a bill to split the Arrangements Law was scheduled, but the Lithuanian party informed Likud of its opposition in protest of not receiving updates regarding talks with the Knesset Legal Advisor. This lack of progress complicates passing the exemption bill in its current form. The vote was postponed to today, with attempts made yesterday to bridge gaps, ease tensions with the Haredi parties, and resolve the coalition crisis.


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