{"id":104832,"date":"2026-05-09T04:38:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T04:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/104832\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T04:38:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T04:38:15","slug":"multibillion-shekel-empires-and-a-slave-economy-inside-israels-ultra-orthodox-parallel-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/104832\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Multibillion-shekel Empires and a Slave Economy’: Inside Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Parallel State"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Abraham. “The Lithuanian Haredi establishment built a racist and cruel system designed to ensure that a woman like me, a young Mizrahi woman, would remain invisible, poor and dependent on them.”<\/p>\n

Naomi Abraham, a lawyer and economist who grew up in \u2013 but later left \u2013 the ultra-Orthodox world, asserts that Israeli society is oblivious to what really drives Haredim. ‘The wheeler-dealer oligarchy isn’t dealing in theology. It’s dealing in real estate, land registration and shadow banking,’ she says. ‘Just look at the balance sheets’<\/p>\n

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