The government, which enjoyed a comfortable 67-seat majority, is now reduced to a minority of 50 seats in the 120-seat Knesset.The post Shas Party follows United Torah Judaism out of

Benjamin Netanyahu's government faces instability as United Torah Judaism (UTJ) withdraws from the ruling coalition over disagreements regarding military draft exemptions for Jewish seminary students.

Some of the prime minister’s political allies have quit over a proposal to make religious students serve in military, and more are threatening to do so.