Religious Zionism

That ruined both parties, as well as Britain.

In Israel, currently we're under Netanyahu's liquid party, with coalitions with Ben-Gavir's and Basilet Motriji's parties, the Otzma Yehudit and Religious Zionists.

What's the position in Israel now?

yeah so you're completely right i mean and i think the slight difference is that israel is a um typically it's a coalition government um it always has been the case for a large part of its history but neither netanyahu nor eisenkot has had a clear route to the 61 seats um currently netanyahu sits at 53 eisenkot at 48 and those are those are their those are their blocks So Netanyahu, what we would refer to as his right-wing bloc, and Eisenkot's opposition bloc, sitting at 48.

In all scenarios, the threat of civil unrest in Israel is likely to increase.

The likely exclusion from government of the Haredi parties, United Torah Judaism and Shas, alongside the hardline right-wing parties, Otzma Yehudit and Religious Zionism, will likely trigger further unrest among ultra-Orthodox and West Bank settler groups.

This is particularly likely if a new government decides to accelerate the conscription of yeshiva students or oppose the expansion or recognition of settlements in the West Bank.

Elsewhere in the region, diplomatic efforts to reduce tensions between Washington and Tehran continue, although preparations for renewed US military operations are raising concerns about further escalation after the midterms.

Shas went from 11 and now they're only at seven.

And Religious Zionist went from seven to six.

And Ra'am, which is Mansur Abbas, went from five in 2022 to seven now.

A quick reflection, I want to hear from you.

They've been at the center of this election campaign because of...

the entire debate around drafting the ultra-Orthodox and the Haredi draft, and after, you know, Israel's been in a war in Gaza and Lebanon with Iran, and Israel needs more soldiers, and 15% of the population have an exemption.

And that has been a major, major issue, not only in the opposition, the Eisenkot block voters, but also a good amount of coalition voters, Likud voters, religious Zionist voters also have an issue that the ultra-Orthodox don't serve.

And so they weren't able to get their to get their people out in the same way

Precisely because he believes that God gave us this land, he believes that our continued presence here depends upon our moral behavior toward those who live alongside us.

It's a conversation about religious Zionism, the moral demands of the Torah, the responsibilities of rabbinic leadership, and what it truly means to deserve the land of Israel.

And we'll get to that conversation in just a moment.

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Okay, thank you for explaining that.

Let's move this into a larger framework in terms of the religious Zionist world.

Because the Datilumi world, the world of religious Zionism, emphasizes the sanctity, the Kedushah of Eretz Yisrael.

Many people within the religious Zionist world talk about Eretz Yisrael HaShleimat, the full land of Israel, including Yudah of Eshomron.

Netanyahu leads Likud, the major party of the Israeli right.

His political camp also includes Itamar Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit and Bezalel Smotrich's Religious Zionism, which is running with Zehut.

These remain distinct organizations with their own leaders and demands.

Shaz and United Torah Judaism represent another political tradition.

And I think the point of that was, look at how unfair this is to, you know, these parts of the country that are really suffering in the periphery and where education is in an appalling state.

But I think that's kind of a campaign ad for the Religious Zionism Party is that...

This country is still, you know, there's...

No, I know you've spoken a lot about Ruby Rivlin's Four Tribes speech and how wrong it is, but it's also kind of right.

And there's also, you know, a good amount of sectarianism in this country.

And for people that are in the religious Zionist community and want to see their kids' schools get more funding...

Having the religious Zionism party fighting for your kids' schools and only your kids' schools is a hell of a thing.

And it's not just the kids' schools.