An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man speaks with then-Economy Minister Naftali Bennett following a discussion about drafting ultra-Orthodox men to service in the Israeli army in the Yad Sara building in Jerusalem, on June 11, 2013. (Zuzana Janku/Flash 90)
JTA When Israel’s current government managed to unseat longtime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last month, it did so by the narrowest of majorities and with the most ideologically diverse coalition in history.
Now that the government has turned to governing, it’s unclear what it can accomplish. The coalition, which includes right-wing, centrist and left-wing parties, as well as an Islamist party, is divided on the future of the West Bank, Arab-Jewish relations within Israel, domestic spending and even marijuana legalization.
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