Ultra-orthodox party threatens to leave Netanyahu's coalition

A branch of the United Torah Judaism alliance threatened on Monday to leave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling coalition government unless it is presented with a draft of a bill exempting yeshiva students from military service, multiple news sources reported.

Degel Hatorah is giving the government 24 hours to make a decision. The ultra-Orthodox party Shas is also reportedly threatening to resign from the government within days.

A yeshiva is an Orthodox Jewish college.