mdd1 said – YYA, on a different note: there are reports about negotiations (between the Chareidi leadership and others) to pass the Chareidim draft law. So, what happened to the money that was sure to arrive from chutz la’Aretz which would allow the Chareidim to be independent?
Until now there were no ‘draft laws’? So they’ll fudge another draft law and the politicians will have some quiet until after the elections and then the Supreme Court will strike the law down again and then… So what? ???? ?????? ????. I have lived here for almost 30 years and it happens again and again and again. And there are always people (including some who wear kipot, with or without two-sided tape to keep it attached to their bald spot) who gloat about how THIS TIME will be different and soon Chareidi society will collapse and they’ll all come running to the IDF and yada yada… Not impressed. Talk to me 50 years from now. The Chareidim aren’t going away. The Chilonim are dying out of population collapse. The RZ for the most part will learn to be OK with the Chareidim (who they share more common ground with than they sometimes think) and those who won’t will go down the demographic sewer with the Chilonim at a slightly slower pace. Do you have a better vision for the future of the Secular Israelis? They don’t really have one themselves, so they avoid thinking about it…