Who's More Harmful Than a Yeshiva Boy?

The settlers and the ultra-Orthodox are the two most energetic and determined groups among the complacent and somnolent Jewish populace.

Gideon Levy
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The similarity is striking: two insular and arrogant population groups, different and at times peculiar, powerful minorities with authoritative leaders, both with their own laws and norms. The settlers and the ultra-Orthodox - the former is some 300,000 strong, not counting settlers in East Jerusalem, and the latter numbers about 700,000, including Haredi settlers.

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