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The religious parties in Israel (Shas, UTJ, and even to an extent, HaBayit HaYehudi) are known to be able to represent their interests extremely well, mobilizing their entire constituencies to the polls and playing crucial parts in coalitions, with the ability to break them at will.

They have a noticeably outsized voice for their interests and as a result, this sometimes breeds resentment (see Yesh Atid or some of Netanyahu's leaked private comments).

Is there any way that someone from one of these parties could be Prime Minister one day? The UltraOrthodox have very high birthrates, so it is likely that their representation will continue to grow. But as for now, or any time since basically 1990, was it possible for someone like Aryeh Deri or Yaakov Litzman to be PM?

I think the best way for this to happen was if in 2006, Shas, NRP, National Union, and UTJ merged into a single bloc for an election and was able to get the highest amount of seats (forget the infighting for now, because it would be legendary), thereby giving it the right to name a PM of its choice. They'd probably be able to get Lieberman on board with some promises about his peace plan, and Gil with a guarantee of pensioners rights. Kadima and Labor along with the Arabs and Meretz would be horrified, of course, but Likud might if given control regarding defense be willing to jump on board.

Perhaps this is crazy, but I'd like to hear opinions on this, or maybe a prediction for the future if this should happen.

And the bigger question: if for some reason, one of these parties is in position to do this, would they even want to?
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