Haaretz: Israel is at a dead end, so is it time to tear it up?

Has the rift in Israel become greater than the parties' ability to overcome?

Should we seek division instead of trying to foster unity?

This question reflects an issue now being considered by a number of former high-ranking government officials, namely whether to create a federation or divide Israel into regions.

With this question and this brief explanation, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz started a report stating that a group of experts is now studying possible alternatives to the existing regime.

The newspaper said in its report that those who are working on this study know very well how things are managed in the government, and seek to know whether it is possible to establish a new and effective structure for the system of government.

The report indicated that experts are not yet ready to publish the alternatives that are still under discussion, as they are still in their early stages.

However, they intend to create a public dialogue about possible options for replacing the existing regime, based on their realization that Israel has become at a dead end on the political level.

bleak picture

And last February, Ynet published an article by the well-known Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari, professor of history at the Hebrew University in occupied Jerusalem, who painted a bleak picture of the situation in Israel, in which he admitted that he was considering leaving abroad because of what he described as a regime coup, according to a report. Haaretz.

Harari wrote in his article, "I have no great doubt about what the other party wants... They want to eradicate democracy," noting that those who do not believe in democracy have become the majority in Israel.

And he believed that "while the government is taking firm steps to eradicate democracy, there is so far only a minority of Israeli citizens who show real resistance to it. Even if the eradication attempt does not succeed this time, they will try again in two years at most, and maybe after 5 or 10 years." The struggle will be long and difficult, and no one can guarantee its outcome.”

Hard-line majority and economic decline

The Haaretz report, prepared by journalist Merav Arlosorov, indicated that the disappointment expressed by Harari was painful, and that it stemmed from his understanding of the combination of a number of devastating circumstances.

Israel was founded on a balance between Judaism and democracy, and it is now rapidly losing that balance.

The report believes that Israel was divided into what former President Reuven Rivlin described as "4 tribes", but the two fastest growing tribes among them are the ultra-Orthodox Jews and the religious Zionists who do not teach their children the principles of democracy, which would undermine the foundation on which Israel is built as a liberal democratic state, according to the report. Haaretz, who explained that the other two tribes are the secular Jews and the Arabs.

The newspaper says that the rapid demographic growth of extremist Jews, where the average fertility rate for women is 6.5 children per woman, is the highest in the world, which leaves many problems.

They do not receive the necessary education, do not participate in the economy, and use their political influence to extract money from the state, allowing them to live without having to work, which leads Israel towards an expected economic decline.

Haaretz indicated that extremist Jews will become a third of Israel's population by 2060, which the newspaper sees as a threat to Israel's economy, "as no country can maintain its prosperity when a third of its citizens depend on benefits instead of working."

"irreparable damage"

Haaretz said that the disappointment of the historian Harari is part of a broader awareness among the general public that Israel is heading towards self-destruction.

Even if judicial reform is obstructed tomorrow, and a loyal and non-extremist government is elected, we can expect that concerns about Israel's stability and the future of its liberal system of government will not go away.

She indicated that the government is trying to portray reports of money fleeing abroad as part of a campaign of intimidation, but the truth is quite the opposite, and there are real concerns in this regard.

Haaretz concluded that the damage done to Israel could not be repaired, and that the money that was left would never be returned.

And I expected that the migration of money and the transfer of local companies abroad, as well as the drain of brains, will become a permanent and continuous phenomenon.