The ultra-Orthodox parties used to command overwhelming support in Kfar Chabad until Itamar Ben-Gvir came along. His list topped the polls here in the past two elections and seems poised to make an even stronger showing in October. A trip to the most political ‘apolitical’ town in Israel
The Chabad Lubavitch outreach movement insists it is apolitical, and there is some truth to that. Unlike other Hassidic and ultra-Orthodox sects, it is not represented by any political party in the Knesset.