Found an interesting article about the future of Israel

[Mossfern]

I don't agree with it, but the perspective is interesting.

Israel's biggest issues are settlers, haredi birthrate, liberals leaving - opinion
This scenario is too horrifying to contemplate, so most Israelis do not. Yet Israel has the classic characteristics of societies that are at risk of civil war.

https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-750008

[keithbvadu2]

1. 1+

[CincyDem]

2. Yep. Interesting insight. Unfortunately, I agree more than not with the issues.

Unclear which outcome is more likely but the facts presented do not bode well for the next 75 years…if that long.

[Beastly Boy]

3. I don't agree with it either

I think that the current right wing government is not a consequence of Israeli voters moving to the right, but a direct consequence of Netanyahu trying to avoid his personal issues with corruption. He formed the current government and he sought allies not necessarily on ideological grounds, but primarily on the grounds of their desire to suppress the same institutions that are involved in examining Netanyahu's personal problems.

I don't see the Haredi birthrate, or Israel's left being driven to emigrate, as significant factors in the Orbanization of Israel. The militarization of the settlers being institutionalized by the various far right wing partners in Netanyahu's government, on the other hand, is evident, and even though it is not likely to fracture the Israeli society to the extent the article suggests, it is a real threat.

[LauraInLA]

5. The departure of the Israeli left is a very sad trend.

Almost twenty years ago, I taught students whose parents, born and raised in Israel, had immigrated to the U.S. because they were already concerned about the direction their country was headed. More than one of the parents was the child of Holocaust survivors; others were from MENA countries that had expelled Jews. These parents were educated, scientists and professors. They all wanted to give their kids a better future and saw that as more possible in the United States than in Israel.

[TheKentuckian]

4. The far right like everywhere is a profound threat

and requires a similar single minded focus on eliminating them from power as Hamas.