A key governing partner of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that its seven parliament members would be quitting the coalition government on Tuesday, threatening to destabilise the Israeli leader's rule at a critical point in the war in Gaza.
United Torah Judaism, an ultra-Orthodox party, said that it would leave the coalition over disagreements surrounding a bill that would codify broad military draft exemptions for their constituents, many of whom study Jewish texts instead of enlisting to the military.
