UTJ to sign coalition deal with Likud

Ultra-Orthodox party United Torah Judaism is set to sign a coalition deal with the Likud party this evening.

The six-seat party will be the first to sign a deal to join a government headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Likud MK Ze’ev Elkin tells Channel 2 that he’s hopeful that the Kulanu party headed by Moshe Kahlon will also ink a coalition deal with Likud this evening.

Netanyahu received a two-week extension from President Reuven Rivlin last week to build a governing coalition after his one-month deadline expired.

United Torah Judaism MK Yaakov Litzman in the Knesset, September 15, 2014 (Photo credit: Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
United Torah Judaism MK Yaakov Litzman in the Knesset, September 15, 2014 (Photo credit: Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

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