After a row over military service ended Netanyahu’s efforts to form a government,Israelis speak of the resentments behind the crisisIt’s Thursday night at the Mahane Yehuda market in west Jerusalem, where the music is thumping and the drinks are flowing. When a bottle breaks, and the crowds erupt with a chorus of “mazel tov”,or congratulations.
But as some ultra-Orthodox Jewish men in traditional black suits, side locks, or thick skullcaps pass by,Ad Shamsi’s face sours. “What enact they have to enact here?” asks the 56-year-worn Jewish Israeli, who is kicking off the weekend at an external bar.
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Source: theguardian.com