Member of Knesset Uri Orbach (Bayit Yehudi - Jewish Home) threatened on Monday to sever his party's ties with the Likud-led coalition following a meeting of the part faction with leaders of religious educational organizations and coalition chairman Ze'ev Elkin (Likud).

During the meeting, the educational leaders said they would step up their actions in response to tens of millions of shekels in budget cuts to their institutions. Interviewed by Arutz Sheva, Orbach noted that this budget crisis came on the heels of the National Service budget crisis.