• gedaliyah@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    They are a minority in Israel, but powerful because they all vote as a block, so their votes are almost guaranteed.

    They believe that their prayer and study provides divine protection to Jews in the land of Israel, so is better than military service. Most Israelis consider that bs and say that they are living for free off of the state.