The National Religious Party quit Israel’s government coalition, but Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stayed. NRP representatives decided on the walkout Monday after their two-week ultimatum demanding that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon hold a referendum on his Gaza withdrawal plan expired. But Netanyahu, a Likud Party member who also had threatened to quit after the Knesset passed the plan, backed down.
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