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Not that long ago, the mere suggestion of Israel hosting a summit at which four foreign ministers from Arab countries, together with the US secretary of state, would sit around the table would have been treated as a sheer fantasy. Last week, a year and a half after the signing of the Abraham Accords, such an event took place, and it felt almost like a natural progression from
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Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid may have put together a coalition without any ultra-Orthodox religious parties earlier this year, but they still fear the power of the haredim and their allies. That’s the explanation for their decision to shelve any idea of moving ahead with the renovation of Jerusalem’s Western Wall…