Israeli politics general thread: 2019 and beyond - the dawn of the monarchy

[Former President tack50]

Yikes, those are all some horribly pessimistic takes. Why do you have such low hopes?

[Former President tack50]

Thing is, it's unclear if Israel is or should be representative of all Jews or just of Israelis. Personally, I don't think it is.

Saying Israel is representative of all jews would be kind of like saying Saudi Arabia is representative of all muslims. Both of them are states with a huge influence in their respective religion, but are still "normal countries".

Compare Israel to say, Vatican City state, which is explicitly supposed to be representative of all Catholics.

Now, a hypothetical "Jerusalem city state" would be representative of all Jews, but that is never going to happen.