Secular Meretz Party leader Yossi Sarid said farewell to Israel’s Education Ministry, which he left to enable the fervently Orthodox Shas Party to remain in the government. Deputy Education Minister Shaul Yahalom, of the National Religious Party, said he regrets Sarid’s departure despite their ideological differences.
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