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Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Joining coalition, UTJ to head key Knesset committee
With the signing of the coalition deal between UTJ and Likud, the ultra-Orthodox party will be given the deputy education minister and deputy health minister posts, as well as the chairmanships of the Knesset Finance Committee, and Science and Technology Committee.
According to the agreement, the Netanyahu government agrees to halt conversion and core curriculum reforms and strike down criminal penalties for draft dodgers and cuts to ultra-Orthodox education.
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