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A CONTINUING TREND IN ISRAEL IS THE INFLUENCE OF THE RELIGIOUS PARTIES AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE POLITICAL SYSTEM. THIS STUDY OF THIS PHENOMENON PLACES IT WITHIN THE CONTEMPORARY GENERAL CONTEXT, PROVIDING SOME HISTORICAL BACKGROUND. A CASE STUDY IS PRESENTED ON THE SPRING 1990 POLITICAL STALEMATE IN ISRAEL, WHICH RESULTED IN THE EVENTUAL EMERGENCE IN JUNE 1990 OF A NARROW RIGHT WING COALITION. THIS CASE STUDY DEMONSTRATES THE GREAT INFLUENCE THE RELIGIOUS PARTIES HAVE ON THE ISRAELI POLITICAL SYSTEM. CONSIDERATION IS GIVEN TO THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS SYSTEM FOR ISRAELI FOREIGN POLICY AND TO POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS.