Something goes wrong, it is the time for a change
Based on interviews of 32 prominent Israelis, from diverse walks of life, we find a wide common ground in considering the ‘Declaration of Independence’ to be Israel’s vision for the coming decades. Updating the ‘rules of the game’ and broad sense of security are needed enablers. Paradigms in education, Jewish-Democratic state, moral market economy, ‘Mamlachtiut’, Israel in the Middle East, and foreign affairs – are discussed.
A part of the IDF religionization
The title of the document signed by the Givati Brigade Commander is "Commander's Order of Battle", but in fact it is a personal musings page by Colonel Ofer Winter.
The way to integrate the Haredim
There is no choice. The assumed tolerable status quo must change. Israel must address the integration of Haredim to society in the same way she addressed the mass immigration waves. A strategig decision must be made to establish a coordinating body and harness all the government offices for the operation, while granting the lifestyle and characteristics of the Ultra-Orthodox community, and without trying to change their beliefs.
