New Delhi, July 17 -- Israel's ultra-Orthodox party Shas - a key governing partner of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu - became the second party to quit the government this week.

Unlike the United Torah Judaism (UTJ), the Shas party said on Wednesday it would remain within Netanyahu-led coalition for now, giving the government more time to resolve a thorny dispute over military conscription.

Ultra-Orthodox group United Torah Judaism (UTJ) had abandoned the coalition on Tuesday. Six of the remaining seven members of UTJ, which is comprised of the Degel HaTorah and Agudat Yisrael factions, wrote letters of resignation, Aljazeera reported.

But rather than follow suit, Shas said on Wednesday it would remove its ministers from gove...