Jonathan Lis, Haaretz Correspondent: Haredi parties absent from Jerusalem coalition for first time in decades
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Title: Barakat is an Extreme Rightist.. Name: ARTH City: State:
The haredim are confrontational with the Jews on religious issues but have no interest in confiscating land from the Arabs and provoking them. Who cares if he is secular? Only in Israel are orthodox Jews considered pariah to the "mainstream."