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In view of our disappointment with the political and spiritual leadership of the Religious Zionist public, we, young men and women, among the sons and daughters of the Religious Zionist movement, have decided to issue publicly the following statement: The Religious Zionist movement has been in a profound inner crisis for quite some time. All its religious thought and most of its agenda revolves around one axis only- the struggle for the territories of Judea, Samarea, and Gaza. It is on the altar of this struggle that the movement is sacrificing what should have been its essence and uniqueness: an effort to live a life of Torah in the reality of the state of the Jewish people. The fact that the state of Israel is ruling over more than 3 million people against their will, while denying them their basic rights, creates severe moral problems. This fact also has prevented the state, for over three decades, from confronting its basic problems: the character of the Jewish people in their land, the relations between religion and the state, the education of the young generation, the growing social gaps, and more.
All these issues have, unfortunately, disappeared from the Religious Zionist
leadership and its rabbis, who are the standard-bearers of settlement in the Occupied Territories and who are captives of a pseudo-religious attitude that views settling the Territories as the ultimate goal.. Few are the religious scholars in this community that have the courage to face reality, and their voice is barely heard.
In the absence of a Religious-Zionist leadership that is worthy and influential, we have no choice but to take the initiative into our hands: |