<p class="content-excerpt">'Any final agreement will preserve the status quo in matters of religion and state,' says Likud party</p> <div class="components"> <p>The United Torah Judaism party's coalition demands while negotiating with prime minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly include ending electricity generation on Shabbat, according to Monday Israeli media reports.&nbsp;</p> <p>Israel's&nbsp;<em>Channel 12</em>&nbsp;<em>News</em>&nbsp;detailed the demands made by the ultra-Orthodox party on Monday night. Shortly after publication, officials within Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party noted: "The published list is a list of demands of Torah Judaism and something that the Likud agreed to."&nbsp;</p> <div class="taboola-wrapper"> <div class=" trc_related_container trc_spotlight_widget trc_elastic trc_elastic_ab_mid-article-thumbnails_abp-mode "></div> </div> <p>"Any final agreement will preserve the status quo in matters of religion and state."</p> <p>One of the far-reaching demands asks to include a representative from the Chief Rabbinate, the supreme rabbinic authority for Judaism in Israel, in any panel weighing permits for work on Shabbat, the Jewish day of rest.&nbsp;</p> <p>Current Israeli law requires employers to request permits from the Labor Ministry to employ Jews on Shabbat, which lasts from sundown on Friday until nightfall on Saturday.&nbsp;</p> <p>Another clause in the reported demands included barring electricity production during Shabbat. However, the Likud party reportedly said it does not agree to this clause, along with several others.</p> </div>