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Minister of Foreign Affairs, Avigdor Liberman, gathered a press conference today during which he declared that 'Yisrael Beiteinu' will not support any law which will not include a full recruit for anyone over the age of 18.

Liberman clarified that "with or without" the coalition this law proposal which he intends to promote, will be raised next Wednesday: full and equal recruit for all above the age of 18.

"I must mention that I don't understand Plesner, neither the committee nor the conclusion to postpone the enlistment of hareidim to the age of 22-23. For me it's not understandable, it has no explanation and no logic. 'Yisrael Beiteinu' demands that there will be one clear clause in the jurisdiction: Military or civil service for any citizen over the age of 18. There's no need to squirm or set up committees. This is the basic demand. There is no reason that youngsters – Jewish, Moslem or Christian – will not be enlisted at the age of 18. This not against hareidim, and not against Arabs, everyone at the age of 18", he clarified.

Liberman added: "We didn't want to steal the credit and not to thwart. We gave the Plesner committee, or the new Plesner-Ye'elon committee, the chance. We'll wait patiently until the end of this week, in any case next Wednesday our law proposal will be raised for a preliminary call. And we will all vote for it, with or without the coalition's agreement. I hope there will be freedom of vote, but in any case we will vote for it, and in any proposal which will not include the sentence "service obligation from the age of 18" - we will vote against – including the ministers – even if there will be a governmental law proposal."

Later on the Foreign Minister clarified: "We have no intention to withdraw from the coalition. I know there are those from the coalition and the media who want us to go out in order to vacate files for the media's ally, but this won't be".

At the same time, the Minister of Defense, Ehud Barak, said today at the start of the Atzmaut party's gathering: "We have no intention to run over the hareidim or to force. We hope to find a law which will be acceptable on all sides".