Jerusalem - The Israeli Prime Minister, Mr Benjamin Netanyahu, trailing in opinion polls ahead of Israel's election next week, won the endorsement yesterday of ultra-Orthodox rabbis whose word is law for hundreds of thousands of faithful.
The move by the Council of Torah Sages, which controls the linchpin Shas religious party of Jews of Middle Eastern or North African descent, ended speculation over whether Mr Netanyahu would officially have Haredim, or God-fearing Jews, on his side.