But this withdrawal is a threat to the Jewish religious nationalists.

Long seen, particularly in elite units, as a stronghold of the secular left, the army is now increasingly made up of religious nationalists.

It gives more weight to factions like settlers, Russian immigrants and religious nationalists, guaranteeing a more bellicose response.

Mr. Aldubi had become well known as among the most militant of the religious nationalists in the West Bank.

He sees the possibility of a grudging tolerance developing between religious and secular nationalists.

The Jews were apparently settlers and religious nationalists who had been celebrating the holiday of Purim in Hebron.

Sensing Iranians' deep yearning for change, the religious nationalists say they will press on.

A deeper question was over the troubling history of violence by religious nationalists bent on destroying the peace with the Palestinians.

For Mr. Netanyahu, the next problem is to sell the agreement to his constituency of right-wing and religious nationalists.

In the late 1980s, religious nationalists began to breathe further life into the figure of Miloš and the Kosovo myth.