Israel's parliament rejected early on Thursday a preliminary vote to dissolve itself, the Knesset said in a statement, after an agreement was reached regarding a dispute over conscription.The vote, which could have been a first step leading to an early election that polls show Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would lose,

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government survived an attempt to dissolve parliament early Thursday morning, with most of his ultra-Orthodox coalition partners joining him in voting against a bill that would have forced them to register for military service while the country is at war.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could see himself booted from power as Knesset faces the first vote to dissolve parliament on Wednesday over frustrations of the protracted war in Gaza.