Israel's center-left needs the ultra-Orthodox - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Akiva Eldar

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An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man stands at a view-point overlooking a wooden ramp (C) leading up from Judaism's Western Wall to the sacred compound known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, where the al-Aqsa mosque and the Dome of the Rock shrine stand, in Jerusalem's Old City December 12, 2011. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo - RTSS5BJ — An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man stands at a viewpoint overlooking a wooden ramp (C) leading up from Judaism's Western Wall to the sacred compound known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount, Jerusalem's Old City, Dec. 12, 2011. — REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

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