Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Twenty-ninth government of Israel" in English language version.
Interestingly, these cuts would not have been possible but for a courageous decision taken early in 2001 by the newly-elected Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. By forging a center-right government not dependent on the ultra-orthodox parties (and consequently no longer able to call on them to in times of trouble), Sharon broke the decades-old, ultra-orthodox veto on social policy.
