Police use water cannon to disperse ultra-Orthodox Jewish men blocking a street during a protest against the country’s military draft in Jerusalem, April 29. Leo Correa/AP
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TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition may collapse next week, after one of his key ultra-Orthodox coalition partners called for the parliament to be dissolved.
Israeli media are widely reporting that new national elections may be called for early September.
The political
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