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Israel's Netanyahu says he will pave way to conscript ultra-Orthodox

Posted: Thu Feb 29, 2024 4:11 pm
by RZehr
"We recognise and support those who dedicate their life to studying Jewish holy scripture but, with that, without physical existence there is no spiritual existence," Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said on Wednesday.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/israels-neta ... 37415.html
Sounds like a very atheistic way of looking at life.

Re: Israel's Netanyahu says he will pave way to conscript ultra-Orthodox

Posted: Thu Feb 29, 2024 4:34 pm
by Josh
RZehr wrote: ā†‘Thu Feb 29, 2024 4:11 pm
"We recognise and support those who dedicate their life to studying Jewish holy scripture but, with that, without physical existence there is no spiritual existence," Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said on Wednesday.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/israels-neta ... 37415.html
Sounds like a very atheistic way of looking at life.
This will cause a major political rift. Without the high birth rates from Haredim ultra orthodox, the Arabs would have constituted a majority in Israel a while ago and thus been able to democratically take over the country.

Re: Israel's Netanyahu says he will pave way to conscript ultra-Orthodox

Posted: Thu Feb 29, 2024 6:10 pm
by Ken
Josh wrote: ā†‘Thu Feb 29, 2024 4:34 pm
RZehr wrote: ā†‘Thu Feb 29, 2024 4:11 pm
"We recognise and support those who dedicate their life to studying Jewish holy scripture but, with that, without physical existence there is no spiritual existence," Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said on Wednesday.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/israels-neta ... 37415.html
Sounds like a very atheistic way of looking at life.
This will cause a major political rift. Without the high birth rates from Haredim ultra orthodox, the Arabs would have constituted a majority in Israel a while ago and thus been able to democratically take over the country.
Without an army capable of fighting several simultaneous wars on various borders they won't have a country to live in in the first place.

Re: Israel's Netanyahu says he will pave way to conscript ultra-Orthodox

Posted: Thu Feb 29, 2024 6:26 pm
by RZehr
Iā€™m taking exception to the accuracy of the quote.

The fact of the matter is, without a physical existence we would only have a spiritual existence.