STATE AND RELIGION IN ISRAEL
WHY THE SEPARATION OF STATE AND RELIGION IS INAPPROPRIATE FOR ISRAEL
Israel is only one of many ethnic democracies
(such as Finland, Norway, Korea, etc.), that have only one ethnic majority
and one or several minorities that do not share ownership of the national
territory. In Israel today there are a number of political as well as
extra-parliamentary groups who seek the adoption of a constitution which
would formally separate Judaism as a religion from the State of Israel as a
secular nation.
This essay deals with the many reasons why the
separation of state and religion is inappropriate for Israel.
THE RELIGIOUS SECULAR CONFLICT
WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO ISRAEL
This study is based on the recognition that
Israel has been increasingly turning into an arena of conflict between those
terming themselves "religious" and those referring to themselves as
"secular". Since the religious-secular conflict in Israel could be very
dangerous to the very survival of the Jewish State, it needs to be
minimized.
ISBN 965 90239 5 2
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November 1999