Postwar Israel

What became crystal clear in the post-1967 war period was that Israeli society was essentially a diverse, turbulent organism which tended to have a monolithic aspect only when facing urgent external danger. And this is precisely what made the 1967 war such a turning point in the life of the Israeli nation and society. For while the war seemed to remove a great external danger to Israel – whose cities were now far from the front – it also, ironically, removed the cement which had kept the people of Israel together.


What about now?

*2009 Conflict within Israel

Heredi Judaism VS The state/secular Israelis
- Ultra-orthodox Jews(Haredi Jews) are subsidized by the state(ODD!), but they refuse to do the military service(all Israelis are required to do 2 years in the army) and rebel against the government interference.
- They make up 12 % of the Jewish population
- Sex segregation
- Some extreme Haredi Jews do not recognize the state of Israel for it was built by men and not by God. "Young Haredi men should not fight in the army because the Jewish state shouldn't exist until the Messiah returns."

And of course, Jews VS Palestinians.
"God told us to multiply and fill the land." - A Haredi Jew from Modi'in Ilit


Well, guess what. How ironic is this, you see MY GOD told me that I'm the owner of all potatoes in Israel. So no more latkas for you, Jewish peeps.