Have Israel’s far-right religious nationalists peaked?
They wield great power but schisms within the movement are deepening
In opposition, religious nationalists were lured by the promise by Binyamin Netanyahu that he would lead a government of yamin al-male, Hebrew for the “full right”. They now hold great power in Israel’s government. But discord over how to wield it is cracking the movement.
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This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “A kingdom divided”
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