One of the structural flaws of the state of Israel is its conception as a religious nation-state. Linking government and religion was rejected at America's founding for very good reasons. Among them was that giving government power over religion would make religion subject to (and a tool in) politics. And now "Jerry Haber" points to an election advertisement for the ultra-orthodox party Shas that makes exactly that point:
"Haber" summarizes the ad well:
A wedding is taking place between two Israelis, one clearly Russian and one clearly of Mizarahi (a.k.a. Sephardi) extraction. It turns out that the Russian is waiting for her conversion to Judaism to come through on the fax machine. She reassures the bridegroom that she got her quickie conversion through Avigdor Lieberman's party, Israel Beiteinu The message of the ad is that if you don't vote for the religious Mizrahi party Shas, "shikses" like Marina will be marrying your children with these bogus conversions.This is the danger of religious governments: not only does religion get involved in politics, but politics gets involved in religion. Israel needs to rethink its identity and structure if it is to survive as a healthy democracy.
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