Benjamin Netanyahu vows to keep ‘status quo’ as Israel's religious parties rise

Benjamin Netanyahu: “We will preserve the status quo. Everyone will live in accordance with their own faith,” Benjamin Netanyahu said.

Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on Tuesday to balance out religious and secular interests in Israel as he tries to form a new government with nationalist and ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties.

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"We will preserve the status quo. Everyone will live in accordance with their own faith. This will not become a nation of religious law. It will be a country in which we tend to all citizens of Israel, without exception," he told parliament.