The United Torah Judaism bloc threatened to pull out of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak’s government if a part for a power plant was transferred on the Sabbath. But sources close to Barak said he was unfazed by the threat. The threat came a day after Israel’s Supreme Court ruled that further transfers of the parts could be allowed on Shabbat.
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