Netanyahu: There will be electricity on Shabbat, religious status quo will continue – After bombshell claims of coalition demands by ultra-Orthodox party, presumptive incoming PM also nixes more separate beaches; Lapid pans incoming ‘radical’ government | Timesofisrael

Presumed incoming prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu attempted to assuage fears over the impact that ultra-Orthodox parties would have on the coalition he is seeking to form, telling the Knesset on Tuesday that the religious-secular status quo will remain as it is and promising not to give in to demands to stop the production of electricity on the Sabbath.