The Irony of Jewish Fundamentalism in Modern Israel

<p>Israeli political propaganda draws a sharp line between Israel and the Islamist terrorists who seek to end the Jewish state.</p> <p>Israel is supposed to be a civilized, liberal, democratic republic that happens to be surrounded by Arab dictatorships and&nbsp;<a href="https://medium.com/grim-tidings/the-clash-between-medievalism-and-modernity-in-the-middle-east-f0153889d6e4?sk=8477c95c04cac013ba84f919aefa3805" rel="noopener">medieval</a>&nbsp;theocracies, and whereas Israel is relatively pragmatic and restrained in unleashing its military might, its enemies abroad don&rsquo;t subscribe to Western Enlightenment values, so they have no compunctions about deliberately slaughtering civilians.</p> <p>As Prime Minister Netanyahu&nbsp;<a href="https://allisrael.com/full-text-here-is-the-address-that-prime-minister-netanyahu-delivered-tonight-to-the-israeli-people" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">put it</a>, &ldquo;It is a fight between the Iran-Hezbollah-Hamas axis of evil and the forces of freedom and progress. Light will defeat darkness.&rdquo;</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/grim-tidings/the-irony-of-jewish-fundamentalism-in-modern-israel-724a6eb17b94"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>
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