Why should Israel be tolerant of any other religion but Judaism? Where, pray tell, in the Old Testament are they commanded to tolerate non-Jews?
They are supposed to be a Jewish State...they should act like it.
Because they claim to be tolerant of other religions AND of the way various Jews practice. This story isn't even about Ultra-Orthodox Jews picking on people of other religions, it is about Ultra-Orthodox types harassing more moderately religious Jews.
They are supposed to be a Jewish State...they should act like it.
They should act like it by allowing Ultra-Orthodox fanatics to harass 8 year old girls? They should act like it by condoning Ultra-Orthodox Jews spitting on Christians in Jerusalem?
Here is Bibi's views on it, you can take your defense of Orthodox obnoxiousness up with him:
"In a Western, liberal democracy, the public realm is open and safe for all, men and women both, and neither harassment nor discrimination have any place there,"
From the Declaration of Establishment of the State of Israel (e.g., the founding document of the modern State of Israel):
THE STATE OF ISRAEL will be open for Jewish immigration and for the Ingathering of the Exiles; it will foster the development of the country for the benefit of all its inhabitants; it will be based on freedom, justice and peace as envisaged by the prophets of Israel; it will ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex; it will guarantee freedom of religion, conscience, language, education and culture; it will safeguard the Holy Places of all religions; and it will be faithful to the principles of the Charter of the United Nations.
wow, Marko. In the old Testament they were commanded to do unto others..........or aren’t you aware of that?