Israeli Religous Right Splintering
In a piece in Haaretz on factionalization among Israel’s religious parties, Avirama Golan touches on the Jewish State/democratic state issue:
This rift is reflected in a key issue that has sharpened since the disengagement, but whose roots go back to Gush Emunim: respect for the state. Growing segments of the religious community are abandoning the idea of a democratic state. Young settlement residents despise the idea, rabbis split hairs to explain that western democracy is a flawed product, and political leaders declare that a state that has betrayed its citizens does not deserve their loyalty.
One more sign of things to come.
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