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Ultra-Orthodox legislators in Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government this week tabled bills seeking gender segregated swimming hours at springs in Israel's national parks and nature reserves, and a ban on bringing leavened products into hospitals during the Passover holiday, when consumption of such foods is forbidden under Jewish religious law.  Opposition politicians and pluralism activists condemned the moves, saying they would deepen rifts in Israeli society. Uri Keidar, executive director of Yisrael Hofsheet, Be Free Israel, an organization that supports religious freedom and pluralism, says such initiatives represent a wave of religious coercion that was expected as soon as the makeup of the current government was known. He told KAN reporter Naomi Segal that this agenda does not have broad public support, and he believes there will be pushback. (Photo: Illustrative. Oliveri Fitoussi/Flash90)  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.