If there is still a state of Israel in fifty years, what will it be like? Still committed to a single religion, or become a religion-free democracy with equal rights for all? If all its people have equal rights, will Israel have a Palestinian prime minister when the Palestinian people there are the majority? Will this be achieved without violence and disruption and injustice? Will somebody like Nelson Mandela arise to lead Israel towards a peaceful future free of racism and discrimination?
2007-02-14 01:49:58 · 7 answers · asked by fra59e 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Israel as it exists is committed to a single religion. Its very flag is based on the *tallit*, a prayer rug. Marriages and divorces require approval from rabbis, not imams or Christian priests. Its holidays are those of Judaism. Won't its best chance to survive be to evolve into a secular state as Turkey did rather than a state committed to a single religion?
2007-02-15 13:23:43 · update #1
Because a free-religion state like America doesn't have christian holidays like christmas and easter as national holidays... and religious figures like priests don't perform weddings...
2007-02-17 16:25:14 · answer #1 · answered by Michael J 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one can predict the future fifty years from now but there is no reason to question the existance of Israel any more than any other state.
Your question contains some errors: the tallit is a prayer shawl,not a rug ,and indeed it's a Jewish symbol,and the design is part of the Israeli flag. Now count all the European countries whose flags contain crosses.
It's not true that all marriages in Israel are approved by rabbis.That holds true by and large for the Jewish population. The Moslem and Christian citizens naturally have their own clergy.
Israel faces the challenge of trying to live up to it's identity as both a Jewish state and a democracy, there are many problems and obstacles but the Arab minority in Israel certainly enjoys more rights than national and religious minorities in Arab countries.
2007-02-16 16:54:42 · answer #2 · answered by Jonathan s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you act as though the Palestinians are citizens of Israel or for that matter want to be.
many had the option of citizenship (that is why Israel is 18% Muslim)
The Palestinians want there own state.
The only reasons why they dont have it yet is because they want it in place of Israel.
Also you clearly do not know anything about Israel. It is not committed to a single religion, but rather is the homeland for a group of people. The same way Germany, Italy, Russia and many other nations are.
2007-02-15 21:13:31 · answer #3 · answered by Gamla Joe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A question that shows basic misunderstanding.
Israel is a state created as the home of Jewish people. This is the ONLY state (except Vatican) that its existence is based on religious identity.
But being a Jew is more than a religious.it is a culture and state of mind, of which many current Israeli neglect to carry on or simply forget. Israel can not exist without the basic, fundamental Jewish philosophy, including which are tolerance to your surrounding countries.
Currently Arabs around will not let the area to rest in piece, and Palestinians, out of many reasons, keep on time after time blow their future up in suicide acts, and not only bombs.
The reason why Israel accept Palestinian state is exactly the reason why Israel will never have a none Jew PM. Palestinian, historically never a nation and never before with a country, are a creation of the Arab hate and Israel tolerance. Yes, as untrue it may sound today, look at the facts of history. Never the less, they deserve a place to live and Israel is their only hope, exactly because of the fact that they Will never be accepted as equals in Israeli state.
2007-02-14 10:05:30 · answer #4 · answered by Gad S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I personally think there should be no Israel state nor a palestine state. The UN didnt have a right to take the land of the Palestinians to make a homeland for the jews. There should be a joint country of Palestinians and Israelis with Islam and Judaism. How they would do that I dont know. But it would stop a lot of violence in the Middle East.
2007-02-14 20:49:13 · answer #5 · answered by soccerplayer007me 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Who knows? I certainly hope so, but nothing in this world is certain. The way things are going at present, I'm not all that sure the U.S. is going to be around 50 years from now.
2007-02-14 09:59:07 · answer #6 · answered by texasjewboy12 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I AM NOT SURE WHAT IT WILL BE LIKE IN 50 YEARS , BUT IT WILL STILL BE HERE. I HOPE THAT I AM NOT HERE WHEN THE MAN THAT GIVES ISRAEL PEACE FOR THE FIRST TIME COMES, AS THAT WILL BE THE ANTI-CHRIST. BUT NO MATTER THE TIME, ISRAEL IS HERE TO STAY. THE BIBLE SAYS IT PLAINLY!!!
2007-02-14 09:59:15 · answer #7 · answered by bigstick92005 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋