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Thinking outside the box on Israel's Haredi community
Amihai Attali
Published: 07.08.19, 23:52
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1. I (mostly) agree
David ,   New york   (08.08.19)
The push to force Haredim into the army serves no constructive purpose for the army (army doesn’t want them or need them) and is only being done to attacking the Haredim
Haredim on the other hand are a vast (mostly untapped) reservoir of economic potential. I see very successful Haredi businessmen here in the US. They could be the powerhouse of Israel’s economy, if only the seculars and national religious would stop using hatred against Haredim to get votes.
2. So Sad
(08.08.19)
The disdain for the Hareidi is very sad. They should not be drafted if they don't want to be, on the basis of Judaism, Torah. That is their contribution.

They are anti-zionist for a reason, we are still in exile.

3. The Haredi women are agreeable to change. The men are not.
Sam ,   Montreal   (08.08.19)
4. Insanity of us, the "sane secular" knows no boundaries: just
(08.08.19)
LOOK at the haredi population, you expect & want them to morph into IDF soldiers because YOU& I want it to be?!
This and other populist, empty slogans aimed at these poor creatures, stuck in a world that has almost no connecting points with ours (except the "brothers/sisters" cliche)...?
wake up and indeed start thinking outside the box, we know the inside , well: inside-out...
5. The Haredi brigade without firearms
this human   (08.08.19)
should be the most feared humans in all of Israel, like those who bore the ark of the covenant around Jericho.
6. penguins need to pull their weight
TEL EM STRAIGHT ,   safed cynic house   (08.08.19)
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