United Torah Judaism, a key Israeli religious bloc, split into two parties. The decision this week by Agudat Yisrael and Degel Hatorah, which had formed the five-man UTJ bloc, would not affect their participation in Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s new coalition government, officials said.
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