Een "paars kabinet" in Israel, met Kadima in de plaats van Shas en United Torah Judaism, zou eindelijk voor een betere scheiding van synagoge en staat kunnen zorgen. Het lijkt mij heel verfrissend en nuttig, zoals paars in Nederland aanvankelijk ook een verademing was (afgezien van het op termijn desastreuze neoliberale beleid...).
Wouter
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'80% of Israelis dissatisfied with state, religious policy'
Poll finds 61% of non-haredi citizens support establishment of Likud-Kadima government without Shas, United Torah Judaism.
Eighty percent of the Israeli public is dissatisfied with the the government's policies on religion and state, according to a recent survey published Wednesday by the Smith Institute for the Hiddush foundation For Freedom of Religion and Equality.
Among the secular public, 86% expressed discontent. Highlighting the divide in views on religious and state policy, 61% of non-haredi citizens supported the establishment of a Likud-Kadima government without Shas and United Torah Judaism. Eighteen percent of those polled did not have an opinion.
Seventy-seven percent of olim polled disapproved of government policy on religion and state, even with the participation of Israel Beiteinu. Seventy percent of olim supported the establishment of a civilian government which would include Likud and Kadima without Shas and United Torah Judaism, while 97% of haredim opposed a government of this composition.
Among the haredi population, 91% of those polled said they were dissatisfied with religious and state policy and within the religious sector, 64% expressed discontent.
A representative number of 500 people were polled on Sunday and Monday.
"The data represents the fact that the Israeli public is fed-up with policy being set by the haredi political parties and feels that their future and rights are being given up to the religious groups," said director-general of Hiddush, attorney and Rabbi Uri Regev.
"The public wants a leading government, not a submissive government. The public desires a government which will finally implement the promise of the Declaration of Independence relating to freedom of religion and conscience. The public wants a government that will not pass yeshiva stipends and will take away the monopolistic control over marrage and divorce by the ever-more-haredi Rabbinate," said Regev.
Regev called on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Tzipi Livni "to answer the calls of the public and establish a civilian government that will courageously implement the desired reforms."
Among the secular public, 86% expressed discontent. Highlighting the divide in views on religious and state policy, 61% of non-haredi citizens supported the establishment of a Likud-Kadima government without Shas and United Torah Judaism. Eighteen percent of those polled did not have an opinion.
Seventy-seven percent of olim polled disapproved of government policy on religion and state, even with the participation of Israel Beiteinu. Seventy percent of olim supported the establishment of a civilian government which would include Likud and Kadima without Shas and United Torah Judaism, while 97% of haredim opposed a government of this composition.
Among the haredi population, 91% of those polled said they were dissatisfied with religious and state policy and within the religious sector, 64% expressed discontent.
A representative number of 500 people were polled on Sunday and Monday.
"The data represents the fact that the Israeli public is fed-up with policy being set by the haredi political parties and feels that their future and rights are being given up to the religious groups," said director-general of Hiddush, attorney and Rabbi Uri Regev.
"The public wants a leading government, not a submissive government. The public desires a government which will finally implement the promise of the Declaration of Independence relating to freedom of religion and conscience. The public wants a government that will not pass yeshiva stipends and will take away the monopolistic control over marrage and divorce by the ever-more-haredi Rabbinate," said Regev.
Regev called on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Tzipi Livni "to answer the calls of the public and establish a civilian government that will courageously implement the desired reforms."
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