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Current Affairs - The conflict between Israel's Sephardi and Ashkenazi Jewish communities
The bribery conviction in Mar 1999 of Aryeh Deri has served to foster the simmering division between the Sephardi and Ashkenazi Jewish communities of Israel. Deri, the leader of the Shas Party, is believed to be innocent by the Sephardi Israelis or those whose roots can be traced to neighboring Middle Eastern countries. They have accused Ashkenazi Israelis, those whose origins are from western nations, of having determined Deri's guilt before the trial even began.See the full content of this document
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Israel's dilemma.
The recent conviction for bribery of the leader of the ultra-orthodox Shas Party has reopened the deep divide between Israel's Jews of western origin and those from Arab countries.
There were no riots in response to the verdict. Nor was the lengthy trial televised. But the recent conviction of Aryeh Deri for bribery has split Israel along ethnic lines in much the same way as the OJ Simpson tr...See the full content of this document
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