Posted on 04/11/2013 7:45:23 AM PDT by Former Fetus
An ultra-Orthodox daily newspaper proposed the establishment of an autonomous zone within Israel where the strictly religious community could thrive, immune to the influences of the secular state.
As the Knesset works on legislation that could see most ultra-Orthodox men required to serve in the IDF or other national service frameworks, and planned budget cuts threaten the community’s already strained economy, Hamodia, the mouthpiece of the ultra-Orthodox Agudat Yisrael party, suggested self-rule was the best answer to unwanted secular intrusion.
“Autonomy means independent administrative rule for internal matters without sovereign political status, with legal and financial independence and police, but without an army or foreign policy,” the paper reasoned in an editorial published Wednesday.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesofisrael.com ...
Very well, then. If they can REALLY be financially independent, and able to protect themselves without help from the IDF, then let them create their autonomous zone and live the way they want to live.
Can they really be financially independent? I don't think so!
Very large families, and many of the men perpetual students - have they revealed their plan for financial independence?
NIS-laden manna?
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