general in attendance. The frenzy involved Israeli diplomats in the UN and media appearances by top Cabinet members (particularly those whose portfolios were at stake, such as the minister of justice) as well as Knesset legislators. The advisory opinion
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approached the committees, several were invited to testify before them. Apart from Arab members of the Knesset, chairs of Arab municipal authorities, and councilors from towns and villages, public representatives of more or less organized associations were
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leaders, who support and vote for political parties such as Agudat Israel, Degel Ha-Torah and Shas, all of which compete in elections and have representatives in the Knesset ( Keren-Kratz 2015a , 2016 ). Extreme Orthodoxy in Israel is an amalgamation of