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Article: Potent bid to thwart Gaza pullout; A rising political figure, Moshe Feiglin is pushing a Bible-influenced vision for Israel's future, setting up a battle over concessions on territory.(WORLD)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- June 25, 2004
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Byline: Ben Lynfield Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
JERUSALEM -- While his plan for withdrawal from the Gaza Strip is gaining momentum abroad, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being dogged at home by an energetic young fundamentalist inside the ruling Likud party.
He is Moshe Feiglin, and he is determined to become prime minister. As head of the Likud's "Jewish Leadership" group, Mr. Feiglin has become an increasingly potent political force who, even his detractors concede, can no longer be ignored.
Feiglin's aspiration is no secret: He wants to reshape Israel according to his own ultranationalist definition of Judaism.
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