Kedem (Rainbow of Eastern Democratic Union, in Hebrew)

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KEDEM (Rainbow of Eastern Democratic Union, in Hebrew)

Israeli political party, created on 27 May 1997, by Maxim Levy, advocating secularism in the Sephardi milieu and the revaluation of eastern culture. This bloc attempts to counter the influence of the SHAS religious party in this community.

SEE ALSO SHAS.

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