This just points to the fact that religious fundamentalism is a scourge, regardless of the faith. There was already trouble starting between the Haradim and the settlers vs. the more secular Jews in Israel on everything from bus seating and airplane seating (the Haradim have caused flights to be cancelled) to the increasingly hard-right …
This just points to the fact that religious fundamentalism is a scourge, regardless of the faith. There was already trouble starting between the Haradim and the settlers vs. the more secular Jews in Israel on everything from bus seating and airplane seating (the Haradim have caused flights to be cancelled) to the increasingly hard-right turn of the Israeli government. But even before then, successive governments were choosing to turn a blind eye to settler activity in violation of accords; Jimmy Carter brought that up again and again in his books about the Israel peace process.
Seeing the secular Jews take charge gives me hope that doing the right thing will become mightier than doing the mighty thing. But I don't think we will even start seeing that on a widespread basis until. Bibi is out of power, one way or another.
This just points to the fact that religious fundamentalism is a scourge, regardless of the faith. There was already trouble starting between the Haradim and the settlers vs. the more secular Jews in Israel on everything from bus seating and airplane seating (the Haradim have caused flights to be cancelled) to the increasingly hard-right turn of the Israeli government. But even before then, successive governments were choosing to turn a blind eye to settler activity in violation of accords; Jimmy Carter brought that up again and again in his books about the Israel peace process.
Seeing the secular Jews take charge gives me hope that doing the right thing will become mightier than doing the mighty thing. But I don't think we will even start seeing that on a widespread basis until. Bibi is out of power, one way or another.