Well, this’ll throw a spanner in the works. To be clear: it’s the ulta-orthodox that have been responsible for the worst of the so called “settlers” (displacement of Palestinian people’s from their homes) and are rabid supporters of the rightwing Government. They are always in favour of military intervention regardless of outcomes, probably because none of them have to serve in the military.
Traditionally, the Haredim have voted for their own center-right Haredi parties, but more (especially the younger generation) are now drifting further rightward towards the nationalist Religious Zionist party of Ben Gvir and Smotrich that are particularly popular amongst the settlers. Despite this recent trend, though, the majority of Haredim remain Anti-Zionist.
It’s this stance, combined with the fact that Haredi men haven’t had to serve in the military, that has caused a lot of resentment towards them from the rest of Israeli society in which they are a minority. As the article above notes, this removal of their military service exemption has overwhelming support amongst the general population.
Well, this’ll throw a spanner in the works. To be clear: it’s the ulta-orthodox that have been responsible for the worst of the so called “settlers” (displacement of Palestinian people’s from their homes) and are rabid supporters of the rightwing Government. They are always in favour of military intervention regardless of outcomes, probably because none of them have to serve in the military.
It’s quite a bit more complicated than that. Firstly, ultra-orthodox Jews (a.k.a Haredim) are mostly non-zionist. They also only make up roughly 33% of Israeli settlers.
Traditionally, the Haredim have voted for their own center-right Haredi parties, but more (especially the younger generation) are now drifting further rightward towards the nationalist Religious Zionist party of Ben Gvir and Smotrich that are particularly popular amongst the settlers. Despite this recent trend, though, the majority of Haredim remain Anti-Zionist.
It’s this stance, combined with the fact that Haredi men haven’t had to serve in the military, that has caused a lot of resentment towards them from the rest of Israeli society in which they are a minority. As the article above notes, this removal of their military service exemption has overwhelming support amongst the general population.
That’s a really good summary of the facts. Thank you so much
I always thought ultra orthodox Jews = hasidic Jews, aren’t they against Israel as a country and are anti-zionists?