Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is meeting at this hour with Interior Minister Aryeh Deri of the haredi-religious Shas party, as well as former minister Yaakov Litzman, who heads the Agudat Yisrael faction in the haredi United Torah Judaism party and Knesset Finance Committee Chairman Moshe Gafni from UTJ's Degel Hatorah faction to discuss the crises related to the opening of markets and use of Jewish labor for work on the Israel Railways on the Sabbath.
The meeting follows Litzman's resignation over the railroad issue. Also taking part are Ministers Ze'ev Elkin and Yariv Levin, as well as Coalition Chairman David Bitan who come from Netanyahu's Likud party.