Israel’s Labor Party is exploring whether other Knesset factions are willing to provide Prime Minister Ehud Barak a safety net during the current security crisis. A day after closing such a deal with the fervently Orthodox Shas Party, Labor Party officials were planning to meet with representatives from the fervently Orthodox United Torah Judaism bloc.
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