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Meanwhile, Shas announced on Thursday that it would support dissolving the Knesset, despite a preference among party members to remain in government. According to sources close to party leader Arye Dery, he told Shas MKs and ministers in a meeting held on Thursday that the party isn't seeking elections, but is being "dragged there" because of the government's failure to resolve the status of yeshiva students. However, informed political sources claimed that this move was merely a temporary manouvre - intended to cast Dery as the "responsible adult," balancing the rabbis' demands on the one hand with the positions of the High Court and Edelstein on the other hand, in hopes of claiming a win.