Fervently Orthodox legislators in Israel called for a special meeting of the Israeli Knesset to discuss the ongoing controversy over last Shabbat’s transfer of 250 tons of equipment for an electrical generator. After two parties, Shas and United Torah Judaism, threatened to pull out of the governing coalition over the incident, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak said he would work to forge a compromise for similar transfers in the future.
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