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The religious culture war comes to Israel

The religious culture war comes to Israel

Benjamin Netanyahu and King Charles turn out to have something in common

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Melanie Phillips
Dec 30, 2022
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King Charles when Prince of Wales, wearing a kippah embroidered with the Prince of Wales feathers

At the root of the convulsions over Israel’s new government lies the secular world’s hatred and terror of religion.

Put to one side, for now, the question of whether the hysterical predictions of extremism and the end of Israeli democracy are remotely likely …

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