May 5, 2015
A RACIAL STATE:
Ultra-Orthodox parties aim to roll back religious reform (BEN SALES, May 5, 2015, Times of Israel)
A coalition agreement signed last week between the Likud party led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism faction promises to dismantle a raft of legislation enacted in the last two years that chipped away at several longstanding entitlements enjoyed by the ultra-Orthodox community, also known as Haredi. Shas, the Sephardic ultra-Orthodox party, signed its own coalition agreement with Likud this week that will cement the power of religious parties in the next government.
Posted by Orrin Judd at May 5, 2015 3:10 PM
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