Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the ...

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With Israel’s two ultra-Orthodox parties — United Torah Judaism and Shas — on the verge of quitting the government, the future of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition appears increasingly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to his office at the Knesset, Israel The move by the six United Torah Judaism ...

The United Torah Judaism is demanding that the Likud party anchor in the coalition agreement with the two parties a commitment to construct an access road from Route 4 to Mayanei Hayeshua Medical ...

Amid growing tensions between the haredi parties and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the stalled Draft Law, a senior source in United Torah Judaism (UTJ) clarified Wednesday morning that any ...

The first clause of the bill, called Basic Law: Torah Study, says, "Torah study is a supreme value in the heritage of the Jewish people." The ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism Party (UTJ) proposed ...

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UTJ was told to support the judicial reform as it would allow for a "basic law of Torah study," and another law as an override clause, Yitzhak Goldknopf claimed in an interview with Kikar HaShabbat.

Israel's ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party has reportedly demanded during coalition negotiations with prime minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu that all mixed-gender prayer be forbidden at ...