The bloc isn't ignoring issues of religion and state; it is openly calling for drafting the ultra-Orthodox. It is trying to fall in line with Netanyahu's aggressive policies and is leery of saying anything that implies recognition of the PalestiniansThe short-lived "government of change" that Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid led in 2021-22 tried to emulate the proverbial three wise monkeys. It refused to see, hear or speak about the two biggest issues on the national agenda: the conflict with the Palestinians and the state's relationship with Judaism.