Leaders eulogize spiritual leader of religious Zionist movement; Netanyahu laments 'great light' that has been extinguished

Yitzhak Goldknopf's nonprofits said to have liaised between government and the groups actually running schools, taking a brokerage fee; report says he drew multiple large salaries

Degel HaTorah, one of UTJ's 2 factions, decries deal with 2nd faction Agudat Yisrael as ignoring crucial issues, opposes party chair Goldknopf serving on security cabinet

Draft of far-reaching agreement addresses many of the ultra-Orthodox party's demands on religion, welfare and education; includes a clause to support Likud-led judicial reform