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CincyDem

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2. Hard to categorize - probably moving the average to the right.

Reply to freshwest (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 25, 2012, 03:55 PM

Dec 2012

If I think about our little community, it seems as through the folks who have (or are considering) aliyah...the act of moving to Isreal...these folks seem to fall into the right side of the political spectrum on most things Israel. I'm sure they're more liberal than the local orthodox but probably more conservative than the average man on the street in Tel Aviv.

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Naftali Bennett, Israel's New Rightwing Star [View all] Purveyor Dec 2012 OP

Are the American emigrants more radical than the locals? Strange brew there. freshwest Dec 2012 #1

Hard to categorize - probably moving the average to the right. CincyDem Dec 2012 #2

It would seem the emphasis on religion could be considered a RW thing. Israel is said to be secular. freshwest Dec 2012 #3

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