Israel's Challenges

5. Israeli Arabs

a. The neglecting of Israeli Arabs is fast becoming a disaster, on its way to

becoming a time bomb! What should be done?Maybe their true integration

into the daily life of the country will provide a solution, albeit a partial

one, for coexistence? Can they truly be integrated in the country’s current

atmosphere? The extremists among us will say that they can be removed

from here. In my opinion they can never be removed no matter what we

do. We do not have very many options to choose from: to live among them

and next to them with continual and mutual destruction or attempting to

ease the tensions and look for any chance, no matter how remote, to bridge

the gaps, while maintaining law enforcement and sovereignty.

b. The Bedouin in the Negev – From a small and nagging problem, they have

become a strategic risk to their own children and to the country. There is

no chance of moving the IDF to the south before solving this problem.

6. Progressing towards the Third World in the following areas:

a. Threatening economic-religious-social-national divides

b. Ubiquitous corruption becoming a third or fourth-world country

But maybe I am exaggerating and everything is actually exactly where it is

supposed to be? According to

Israel Hayom

, a free Israeli daily, there is no

problem at all; according to the

Ha’aretz

newspaper, dark days are upon us and

nothing positive.

7. The boycott of Israel

The boycott of Israel is ever increasing and it is felt in the economy, universities

and tourism. The fact that “they” are anti-Semitic and haters of Israel is not

new; we have known that for hundreds of years. But do we bear responsibility

for what is happening? What, if anything, are we guilty of?

7 An Israeli daily, distributed free, that is often accused of voicing the opinion of Netanyahu

and his government.