Too many signs indicate that the "big" political crisis is no more than an old ultra-Orthodox trick. They are yet again selling us the notion of a terrible cataclysm, with cries of impending apostasy befalling anyone forced to enlist. They bewail the downfall of the "world of Torah" and threaten to dissolve the Knesset.
Too many signs indicate that the "big" political crisis is no more than an old ultra-Orthodox trick. They are yet again selling us the notion of a terrible cataclysm, with cries of impending apostasy befalling anyone forced to enlist. They bewail the downfall of the "world of Torah" and threaten to dissolve the Knesset.
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