21.  The Israeli parliament has already banned an anti-Arab Jewish party on the grounds that it was racist.

22.  The Interior Ministry, run by an Orthodox Jewish party, did not have any immediate comment.

23.  The spiritual leader of a powerful Jewish religious party urged his followers Tuesday to reject the new Mideast peace agreement.

24.  When his parliament rejected an emergency spending cutback because two Orthodox Jewish parties in his coalition voted against, Sharon immediately fired their ministers and deputies.

25.  The right-wing leader finalized his coalition Monday when a new movement representing Russian-speaking immigrants and an ultra-orthodox Jewish party agreed to join the governing coalition.

26.  The ultra-orthodox Jewish party Shass, which normally supports the ruling coalition, voted against the government.

27.  Ultra-orthodox Jewish parties have gone a step further, offering cheap flights from New York and other Western cities to their supporters abroad eligible to vote.

28.  Previously, no ethnically-based Jewish party had succeeded in winning more than three seats in parliament.

29.  The Jewish orthodox religious party Shas, which has supported both left and right-wing coalitions, took three percent.