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Civil War

A fateful day for Israel

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Natan Slifkin
Jun 11, 2026
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Here’s a video from today’s charedi protests, which shut down the highways and trains over much of the country, harming millions of people and causing intense frustration:

This anarchy, chaos and violence is the result of fifty years of indulging charedim - paying them to not have civic responsibilties.

The coming national elections present us with a choice. We can either face this difficult civil war now and (hopefully) win. Or we can re-elect a government that continues to indulge their way of life, and face national collapse as they approach half the population.

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