A small liberal party that calls for the exclusion of fervently Orthodox parties from the next government will get six of the 120 seats in the next Knesset, according to recent polls. The leader of the Shinui Party, media personality Yosef “Tommy” Lapid, hopes to become a partner in the next government in place of such fervently Orthodox parties as Shas and United Torah Judaism.
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