Dear Chaim, This question has a long setup, but I have not asked questions on recent shows, so I hope you will take the time to read this one in full. I gave it a lot of thought.
There is one line of thought that says that: Given the present-day reality that the majority of the combat soldiers in the IDF are religious zionist, and the dati public is the most patriotic and the only sector of the public (aside from the haredim) who seem to believe in anything anymore, in enough time, they will become a more significant percentage of the population, perhaps even a slight majority, and they can take over the country democratically, so all the religious national camp should just "hang in there" with time on their side and keep serving in the military in huge numbers and stay patriotic toward the evil government, and eventually their destiny will be to take over. And certainly the many religious soldiers in the army keep the country safe and protected from evil terrorists.
There is another line of thought that says: Not a single commander in the army wears a kipa, and all power positions in the upper eschelons of the establishment in politics and all areas of society in Israel are self-appointed rabid secularist postzionists, who will not relinquish power to any group especially not their avowed enemy the religious right (whom they see as worse than the arabs), and by continuing to serve in the IDF and to be patriotic and to just 'wait it out,' the national camp gives them legitimacy and presents no credible threat or deterrent that in anyway compels the secular leftist leadership to modify its evil behavior. And the left abuses their control over the IDF to commit evil deeds like expelling Jews. So religious zionists should stop serving in the IDF or at least present the threat that they might (perhaps from the prominent religious zionist rabbis?)- that they might in massive numbers dodge the service or opt for fulltime Torah study instead (a legal option used by many haredim), if certain demands and conditions are not met, including the cessation of all expulsion decrees against Jews. And if the religious right just waits it out for the demographics to change of their own accord, and delude ourselves to think we will take power easily in democratic fashion through numbers, that the left will just allow that and be "fair," we will let them destroy us and bring us a second holocaust G-d forbid. Just like the communities of 10,000 Jews were destroyed in Gush Katif.
Which line of reasoning is correct, or do you find elements of truth in both, and what operative procedures should the national camp adopt to stem the tide of this war being waged against them by the postzionist secularlist far-left minority that runs Israel?
Topic: Ask JTF for Sunday, December 14, 2008. (Read 11513 times)