Significant progress has been made in the negotiations between Degel Hatorah and Agudat YIsrael regarding a joint run for Knesset, Kikar Hashabbat reported. The two factions have run for years as a single party, United Torah Judaism (UTJ), but recent disagreements caused a rift that had the parties headed towards two separate runs - something which was not expected to allow either of them to [pass the electoral threshold.](/news/359223) The breakthrough in negotiations follows the agreement of Degel Hatorah - for the first time since negotiations began - to allow some of the Belz hasidic schools to join the independent...