Israel's Challenges

Aviv represents a normal global process, so it need not be opposed. This could

be correct, if we were just another western country, say Austria or Holland.

This process is abandoning Tel Aviv’s suburbs to disasters of all kinds, as it is

impossible to “adorn her with dresses of concrete and cement” and also hope

that everything will remain the same. There are those who think that four-

five days of torrential rain a year do not justify a change in the way that city

is built. Meaning, it is OK to continue and destroy every natural corner in this

region under the slogan

Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die

The Neglect and abandonment of agriculture –

Is this a marginal issue in the

myriad of challenges facing Israel? Is it a direct threat to its security? For those

who do not understand what I have written, I recommend taking a half-day

tour to Metula, while paying attention to the orchids that stretch just meters

away from homes on the Lebanese side of the border, or a closer trip to Kerem

Shalom, Maor or Achitov

. There, and only there, will you understand my

words.

4. Israel is Marching its Way to be a Religious Country

It is fair to ask: what is so bad about a religious state? There aremany advantages

to a process like this, especially in the irrational Middle East, which threatens

our existence.

In the meantime the exodus of the secular has begun – they are not waiting

for numerical data, they see what happened to the IDF song troupes – the

embellishment of the religious fallen in Israel’s wars, the scope of Haredi

evasion from military service and the stately support it receives, and the

list goes on and on. Can this deterministic process be prevented? I am

convinced it cannot! And what will happen to Israel’s economy if the process

of religionization continues (according to the Governor of the Bank of Israel)?

6 Small agricultural communities (moshavs) in close proximity to borders and the Green

Line.