Senior Labor Party members are trying to block the inclusion of a clause changing the religious status quo in the party’s platform for the upcoming May elections, fearing it could alienate potential Orthodox voters. The effort came in response to a report in the Israeli daily Ha’aretz this week that Labor’s Yossi Beilin and the politically moderate religious movement Meimad had discussed such a clause as part of the platform of a joint list Labor wants to establish with Meimad and the David Levy-led Gesher.
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