1.   As these opportunities appeared, so at the same time the lines of religious party and sect hardened.

2.   Having a religious party on board could make all the difference.

3.   Initially, Peres directed his efforts towards winning the support of small orthodox religious parties.

4.   The debate was interspersed with angry exchanges as the small religious parties demanded increased state funding for their seminaries and social institutions.

5.   Commentators noted that Hekmatyar continued to enjoy the support of the Pakistan fundamentalist religious party, Jammat-i-Islami.

6.   Although religious parties control the Culture Ministry, state subsidies remain intact even for art the religious would refuse to see.

7.   And Barak may consider inviting the ultra-Orthodox party Shas, or perhaps one of the other religious parties, into his Cabinet.

8.   And it would alienate many who voted for him partly out of anger at the special powers and privileges of the religious parties under Netanyahu.

9.   And Likud insiders still charge that Netanyahu gave away too many cabinet posts to representatives of religious parties.