According to this report on Ynet, Israel is having its own clash of Jewish civilisations.
The most radical characteristic of this civilization is religion. As we know, Judaism is not a missionary religion in respect to the outside world. The opposite is true. However, this is not the case domestically. Similarly to the Muslims, all these “ultras” wish to subject everyone around them to their own rules. And so they force the entire public to adopt their customs in respect to marriage, divorce, conversion, and so on.
Both these groups also aspire to establish a kingdom which the Muslims refer to as “Dar al-Islam” and the haredim call “halacha state.” In these utopias, everyone will follow the “path of truth,” with these groups of course being truth’s patrons. The way to achieve this objective is simple: Cynically using democracy in order to eradicate it. Accumulating electoral power via persuasion, coercion, and accelerated birthrates supported by welfare entitlements, just like in London and Paris.
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