Thanks, I’m not Jewish, but I have been concerned about the Israeli situation for many years. The excerpt below from another article explains a bit why this school would be a target. Does it get at what you’re describing?
I have known many Jews and Israelis and never had the impression any of them were religious at all, in terms of believing in a powerful concept like “the beginning of redemption.” That seems to make a link between religious and political goals? It sounds almost like the fundamentalist protestants that interpret the Bible as meaning certain things must happen, literally, with the State of Israel before Christ can return. (Which is nonsense to mainstream Christianity.) Is this a small minority within Judaism? (Don’t spend alot of time answering, I can do some research, but I appreciate your enlightening me about this idea!) THANKS.
“...The yeshiva is famous, a symbol of the national religious strain of Judaism that provides the backbone of the settler movement. After the 1967 war, the national religious movement was the ideological father of the idea of redemption through reclaiming the land. The yeshiva itself was founded in 1924 by Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, and it is considered an elite institution, with 400 students...”
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/03/07/africa/07mideast.php