Forget Bibi and October 7: This year's election should be about the Haredim

Allowing the ultra-Orthodox parties to return to power in a Netanyahu coalition risks irreversibly consigning Israel to a future of poverty

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Forget Bibi and October 7: This year's election should be about the Haredim

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Allowing the ultra-Orthodox parties to return to power in a Netanyahu coalition risks irreversibly consigning Israel to a future of poverty

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David Rosenberg

06:10 AM • June 06 2026 IDT

Israelis will be going to the polls sometime in September or October. Many are looking at their vote as one for or against Benjamin Netanyahu, whether he and his government should take responsibility for the failures of October 7, and whether Israeli democracy will continue on the road to illiberalism.

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