Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with the heads of Israel’s religious parties to avert a coalition showdown over a recent Supreme Court ruling that non-Orthodox representatives must be included on local religious councils. The parties had threatened to leave the governing coalition after the ruling, but during the talks with the premier, the party leaders said they would instead seek to diminish the councils’ responsibilities and authority.
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