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Article: Ravitz: Time for a religious candidate for prime minister
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- December 18, 2000
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DAVID FRANKLIN
Jerusalem Post
12-18-2000
Headline: Ravitz: Time for a religious candidate for prime minister
Byline: DAVID FRANKLIN
Edition; Daily
Section: News
Page: 03
Monday, December 18, 2000 -- United Torah Judaism MK Avraham Ravitz said yesterday that amid the talk of additional candidacies for prime minister, the haredi-religious sector should also get into the act.
"We must say that we, too, have an agenda," he said, adding that Prime Minister Ehud Barak's civil reform plan made it especially important for religious MKs to organize as a counterforce.
"We are the largest faction," he maintained, referring to the combined number of 27 seats of UTJ, Shas and the National Religious Party ...