Israel's worst enemy is not the "Arc of Resistance" created by Iran, let alone the weak Hamas and the Houthis in Gaza
Today, Israel's "external troubles" are insignificant, and "internal troubles" may endanger its survival
First, Israel's external troubles are no longer significant.
The reasons are as follows: 1. Through five Middle East wars, Israel's neighbors Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon have been subdued;Syria is in a civil war, and it is difficult to protect itself, and Israel bombs anti-Israeli forces from time to time, and Syria is powerless to fight back.
2. After the Third Middle East War, Israel was deeply bound to the United States, and the United States stationed about 70,000 U.S. troops in the Middle East, distributed in dozens of military bases in more than 10 countries such as Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. Israel can fight on its own, has nuclear weapons, and with the support of the US military, Israel is not alone in the Middle East.
U.S. military personnel and base distribution)3, the Palestinians Fatah has reconciled with Israel, and after the elimination of Hamas in Gaza, the Palestinians no longer have armed resistance groups to confront Israel.
4. The "arc of resistance" established by Iran is strong outside the country and strong in the middle, and Iran's internal and external troubles are even more serious than Israel's. The blood feud between the Shiites in Iran and the Sunnis, led by Saudi Arabia, is more intense and irreconcilable than the contradictions with Israel.
Iran is not Israel's neighbor and is expanding and making enemies on all sides, and it is incapable of using troops against Israel. The proof of this is that since October 7, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have been slowly and systematically attacking Hamas in Gaza, and no country has really come to an end.
Second, the cancer of Israel "Haredi Jews".Judaism has a history of more than 3,000 years and has gone through four stages of development: ancient Judaism, rabbinic Judaism, medieval Judaism, and modern Judaism. Contemporary Judaism is divided into: Orthodox, Conservative, Reformist, and Reconstructionist.
In addition to the ultra-Orthodox, Orthodox, conservative, reformist, and Reconstructionist factions all strongly support Zionism and the State of Israel, seek peaceful coexistence with other sects, and advocate "complete acceptance of contemporary culture and the harmonization of Judaism with modern science." In terms of customs, worshippers are allowed to wear modern clothing, worship in a modern common language, men do not have to wear black coats and hats, women do not have to wear wigs and cover their heads, etc.
Tel Aviv secular Jewish girl).
The Haredi are ultra-Orthodox.
Their minds are stuck in the Middle Ages, they adhere to the beliefs of traditional Judaism, they strictly adhere to canons and customs, they oppose modern scientific culture and anything modern, and most of the ultra-Orthodox do not recognize the State of Israel (some even if they live there) and do not cooperate with other sects.
Haredi Jews in Jerusalem. )
In the 48s, there were about 10,000 Haredi Jews in Palestine, and David Ben-Gurion, the founding father of Israel, made compromises to the Haredi in order to unite these Jews to complete the cause of restoration.
He promised that after the founding of the state, the Haredi Jews would continue to maintain their traditional habits, as well as all the expenses of the traditional madrasah, and their living expenses would also be covered by **, and they would not be required to do military service or even pay taxes. In 1949, Israel had a population of 1 million, and the proportion of Haredi people did not exceed 2%, which did not have a great impact on the normal development of Israeli society.
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But Ben-Gurion did not expect that the original promise would turn into a cancer for Israel after fermentation over time.
In the eyes of the ultra-orthodox Hareds, they have the mission of transmitting Jewish culture, and they have been studying in madrasa since they were young, they do not learn mathematics, physics, chemistry and other techniques that are applied to the world, they reject all modern things, and after the age of 14, they only study Jewish scriptures, and they can go to school until they are fifty years old if they wish.
In addition, they attach great importance to family and childbearing, and they believe that the prosperity and happiness of a family depends on the number of children. This notion makes the Haredi Jews particularly prominent in terms of population growth. In 2018, the fertility rate for the average woman of childbearing age in Haredi was 71. Haredi women have an average of 7 children in their lifetime.
As of September 2023, there are about 10 million people in Israel, and about 1.2 million are Haredi. The proportion of the Haredi population has grown from about 2% in 1949 to 12% in 2023. If this situation continues. In 50 years, the Haredi will be more than half of the population.
That is, more than 50% of Israel will not work, pay taxes, or serve in the military.
In fact, Israel has long discovered this problem.
In 2014, the Knesset passed a law on conscription for the Haredi by a huge margin of 67 votes in favor and one against.
But there was strong opposition from the Haredi people.
Some Haredi even threatened that the day the Haredi would serve would be the time of the Israeli civil war
Then in 2017, the Israeli Supreme Court repealed the law that Haredi were exempt from military service.
The Haredi people continue to live the life of the "Draconians".
In May 2022, Iran's religious leader Ayatollah Ali Ali Khamenei may have seen the problem, threatening that "Israel will not live more than 25 years." If Israel fails to address the internal concerns of the Haredi people, it may indeed be a prophecy.