Netanyahu coalition partner quits Israeli government leaving him with minority in Knesset

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00:00Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suffered a major political blow on Wednesday

00:05after a key partner in his coalition quit government.

00:09The far-right ultra-Orthodox Shaz party's surprise withdrawal leaves Netanyahu,

00:13whose domestic support has been waning, with a minority in parliament.

00:17Shaz, who has long served as a kingmaker in Israeli politics,

00:20said it would be leaving over disagreements surrounding a proposed law

00:24that would mandate military service for all.

00:27Ultra-Orthodox men were granted exemptions from compulsory service

00:30via a decades-old arrangement by Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion.

00:35It's the second ultra-Orthodox party to quit government this week

00:38after United Torah Judaism announced it was leaving on Tuesday.

00:42Shaz ministers are expected to resign from their positions on Thursday morning.

00:47The party's leader, Arya Derry, did however note that it would not undermine Netanyahu's coalition from the outside

00:53and could still vote with it on some legislation.

00:56The announcement comes shortly before the Knesset goes into summer recess,

01:00set to begin on July 27th.

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