Meeting of coalition heads canceled as ultra-Orthodox party debates draft law

Today’s meeting of coalition parties has been canceled, Hebrew media reports say, as lawmakers await the outcome of a meeting of United Torah Judaism’s Council of Torah Sages on whether the party will support a bill formalizing exemptions to mandatory military service for ultra-Orthodox students.

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