Too many signs indicate that the "big" political crisis is no more than an old ultra-Orthodox trick. They are yet again selling us the notion of a terrible cataclysm, with cries of impending apostasy befalling anyone forced to enlist. They bewail the downfall of the "world of Torah" and threaten to dissolve the Knesset.

The coalition crisis that now threatens to bring down Netanyahu's government peaked Wednesday, when the ultra-Orthodox Shas party announced it would support dissolving the Knesset.

Too many signs indicate that the "big" political crisis is no more than an old ultra-Orthodox trick. They are yet again selling us the notion of a terrible cataclysm, with cries…

Sources close to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that an agreement can be reached with the ultra-Orthodox parties over military conscription legislation…

JERUSALEM: Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Shas party on Monday threatened to bring down Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government by backing a motion for early elections amid a row…

Despite the desperate efforts to reach agreements on a new conscription bill – including the issue of setting deadlines for imposing sanctions on ultra-Orthodox draft dodgers,…