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To: EnderWiggin1970
The case of Israel is interesting. If the Hasidic Jews start to outnumber the secular ones, then what will be Israel's policies with regard to the rest of the Arabs?

The Hasidim don't fight in the IDF, and they even believe there shouldn't be a state of Israel.

They might vote to create a single Palestinian state and then hope and pray that the Arabs don't slaughter them all when they take control.

6 posted on 04/11/2024 10:23:05 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (Kafka was an optimist.)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

Israel is about 20% religious, about half religious Zionist and half hareidi, which includes Lita’im, chassidim, and a few other groups.

Among the hareidi, a significant percentage do serve in the military, enough that they form a subgroup among hareidi called hardalim. There are hardal units in the IDF.

As hareidi become a larger proportion of Jewish Israel, the IDF will have to drop its negative attitude toward them and make accommodations.


10 posted on 04/11/2024 10:50:54 PM PDT by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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