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Ayelet Shaked: Extremist or Mainstream?

12 May 2023

Israel's new justice minister, Ayelet Shaked hails from the Bayit Yehudi (Jewish Home) party. She describes herself as a mainstream right-winger.
Haaretz's Judy Maltz questions whether Shaked is actually a right-wing extremist. Maltz explains her position to VOI's Gil Hoffman, and Bayit Yehudi's Jeremy Saltan responds.

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