Name: Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu on the Rise of the Ultra-Orthodox
Uploaded: 2023-07-20T04:01:00Z
Duration: 2 min 51 s
Description: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Wall Street Journal reporter Dov Lieber about the country’s Ultra-Orthodox in response to their increasing political power in Israel. Photo: Dror Lebendiger for the Wall Street Journal

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Wall Street Journal reporter Dov Lieber about the country’s Ultra-Orthodox in response to their increasing political power in Israel. Photo: Dror Lebendiger for the Wall Street Journal

Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu on the Rise of the Ultra-Orthodox 

Religious conservatives have allied themselves with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s push to overhaul Israel’s judiciary. 

Religious conservatives have allied themselves with Benjamin Netanyahu’s push to overhaul Israel’s judiciary. 

Jewish orthodox walk in the street in Bnei Brak, Israel on June 19, 2023 Photographer: Kobi Wolf for The Wall Street Journal

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BNEI BRAK, Israel—Since Israel’s founding, mandatory military service for Jewish Israelis has been widely embraced as a unifying force in a divided society.

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 | Photographs by Kobi Wolf for The Wall Street Journal 

The Political Rise of Ultra-Orthodox Jews Shakes Israel’s Sense of Identity

Fast-growing group of religious conservatives allies with Netanyahu to take on Supreme Court, spawning mass protest movement; mandatory military service emerges as a key issue

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