Israeli PM Netanyahu urges feuding coalition to remain intact

JERUSALEM (Reuters) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeatedly urged his feuding coalition partners on Monday to remain in the government, despite speculation he was seeking its collapse and a snap election to help him survive corruption allegations.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu https://www.canadagoose-jackets-online.com attends buy canada goose jacket a session of the plenum of the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament, in Jerusalem, March 12, 2018. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

The cabinet dispute centres on a long standing faultline in Israeli society between those who serve in canada goose store the military and those who receive a religious exemption. This has surfaced again over the framing of a bill that would extend such exemptions for ultra Orthodox Jewish seminary students.

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In a statement on Monday, the four term prime minister said he wanted to keep his current six party coalition intact.

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Netanyahu canada goose factory sale issued the statement minutes before Lieberman, head of the secular Yisrael Beitenu party that opposes the exemption from military service for religious students, was due to comment on a bill backed by ultra Orthodox factions. It passed a preliminary vote in a parliamentary committee on Monday.

Later in the day Netanyahu was summoned by lawmakers to address parliament about the current crisis and reiterated that there was still time to settle any differences.

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