An Israeli religious party agreed to join Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s new coalition. United Torah Judaism, which seeks to sustain state subsidies for religious causes, said it would join forces with Sharon despite objections to his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank this year.
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