Tel Aviv, July 6 -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's departure for Washington was delayed Sunday as tensions escalated with his Haredi Orthodox coalition partners over the contentious military draft law.

Shas and United Torah Judaism threatened to boycott Monday's Knesset session unless they received a preliminary draft of the proposed legislation, forcing an 11th-hour scramble in Jerusalem. Reports suggested that the delayed departure would be brief.

Under pressure, Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee Chairman Yuli Edelstein presented the core points of the draft to Shas MK Ariel Atias.

Though not a finalised bill, Edelstein's associates stressed that the version shared reflects the law's current trajectory. The move came amid th...