The Likud, Religious Zionists, Shas and United Torah Judaism are trying to form a coalition to lead the Jewish state, but Jewish state is subjective.
Israel is in the limelight for both being Jewish and being a Jewish democracy, as defined in its Declaration of Independence.
Israel did not fight its many wars out of allegiance to the microchip. Judaism is the basis for the past, present and future Jewish state.
If Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir become ministers, this could seriously damage support for Israel in America – maybe permanently.
Israeli society used to rely on compromises and the status quo, however in today's media reality, the idea of winners and losers is being promoted over the idea of peaceful compromises.
The Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People (2018) was a political response by the Likud government led by former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israel has stopped the Western clock that was ticking during the 1950’s. We continue to embody the key values that drove an optimistic post-WWII West, particularly in the United States.
Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.
If the Supreme Court cannot be counted on to defend the Jewish character of Israel, it will put itself into firm opposition with their own citizenry.
While Israel is a Jewish state, it is not a theocracy, meaning the state cannot force its citizens to follow Jewish law.
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