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February 28, 2025

Most Israeli Haredim See Themselves as Part of the Israeli State and Its Story

Despite one rabbi’s incendiary remarks.

In Israel, the Knesset has been fiercely debating proposals that will extend military conscription to large numbers of Haredim who are currently exempt. Amid the renewed tensions over the issue, one of the leaders of the non-hasidic Haredim, Rabbi Dov Landau, stated in an interview that Arab rule over what is now Israel would be “quite good,” although Landau imagines that in this situation the new rulers of the Holy Land would “respect” and “not interfere with” the Zionists. Landau’s widely reported comments received praise from a segment of the Israeli left, and shock from everyone else.

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February 28, 2025

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