Word: ashkanazim
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There is also a long-standing split between the Eastern "European Ashkanazi and the oriental Sephardic immigrant Jews, a split which greatly affects Israeli political life. The Ashkanazim came to Israel first, early in this century, and hold most of the professional and prestigious positions. The Sephardim came later and are generally of the lower-class. Menachem Begin and the Likud party appealed to the Sephardim, who felt ignored and snubbed by the Labor party. While a tenuous generalization, it has been largely (but far from wholly) the Sephardim who have supported Likud's expansionist policies...
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