How Jewish should the Jewish state be? Question shadows Israeli vote | World News, The Indian Express

How Jewish should the Jewish state be? Question shadows Israeli vote | World News, The Indian Express

By New York Times |Jerusalem |Published: September 13, 2019 9:44:47 am

How Jewish should the Jewish state be? Question shadows Israeli vote

A series of political twists has suddenly jolted these issues to the fore, and the country’s long-simmering secular-religious divide has become a central issue in the national election on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel meets with members of the Jewish settlement in the West Bank city of Hebron, Sept. 4, 2019. (The New York Times: Sergey Ponomarev)

Written by David M. Halbfinger