The threat is the latest in a series of incidents of infighting and threats to not vote with the coalition made since the coalition was formed.
A possible result of this criticism will become even more incendiary, rather than softened or silenced entirely.
It might well be that five months is too short a period to determine whether the threat to democracy will be realized.
With Rabbi Gershon Edelstein's presence gone, fighting between the Israeli haredi factions of Degel Hatorah and Agudat Yisrael may get out of hand.
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On multiple occasions, Netanyahu has pushed off fulfilling his promises to his coalition partners to a later date.
The impasse developed last week after Agudat Yisrael, the Hassidic faction within UTJ, demanded over NIS 600 million additional coalition funds.
The deep fear expressed by the leadership of Israelis haredim is not of external criticism, but of an internal blurring of identity and straying from the path.
Haredi MKs questioned the legitimacy of the bakery's kashrut as it is chaired by Bar Lev, and claimed that the former minister "has no respect for the Torah."
UTJ chairman and minister Yitzhak Goldknopf failed to provide a deadline for the re-negotiation of the haredi draft bill.
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