It is actually the non-white Jews (the Mizrahim, or jews originating from the Middle East and Northern African) that support the right wing parties. Likud would never win if not for the Mizrahim. The “white” Ashkenazi jews lean much more heavily toward the left.

Whats interesting is that the Israeli right wing, the Likud, was formed mostly by Jews from North Africa and Middle East who would not be considered white. The European “white” jews were actually very liberal. If it werent for the non-white (referring to Ashkenazi as white, and Mizrahim as non-white) Jews, the country…