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Do the extremist Jews have the degree of political and social power that extremist Muslims? No, because Israel is a free democracy.
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Jeez as a political science student I would have hoped for better coming from you Peter.
Fundamentalist-extremist parties in the Israeli Knesset have disproportional power. Setters and de-facto 'non-israelis' with perhaps the most extreme zionist views find themselves holding the balance between the Likud party (israel's already right party) and victory. Likud then moves even more to the extremist right in coalition building and in gaining support.
So in other words, your statement is quite wrong.