How strong is Netanyahu’s alliance with the ultra-Orthodox? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men walk past a Likud party election campaign banner depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump in Jerusalem September 11, 2019. REUTERS/Ammar Awad - RC1A12196B30 — Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men walk past a Likud party election campaign banner depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump, Jerusalem, Sept. 11, 2019. — REUTERS/Ammar Awad

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