In the shadow of the current dispute between the political
left and right over the question of a withdrawal from the
Golan, an article by a secular journalist reveals the "the
great dream," as he calls it, of those secular elements who
longingly look forward to "the day after the peace.
The dream: to achieve a secular consensus for the battle
against Torah observant Jews and Torah education.
In a vituperate article by Amnon Dankner in Maariv,
the chareidi community is presented as a threatening menace
to Israeli society, a "group of parasitic learners, 60% of
whose males don't work."
Dankner attacks the reality in which, according to him,
"Israeli society, due to its political structure, stubbornly
insists on committing suicide by means of generous support
for its most adamant opponents."
He warns his secular readers that "the large amounts of money
don't only go for education, but also for other services,
which enable the chareidi sector to increase demographically.
Large families are the norm among the chareidim, as compared
to the small families in the secular sector. Every class of
30 students in the chareidi educational system will become
within 30 years, 20 classes, in which they will continue to
preach against democracy and creativity.
"The large secular parties insist on sowing the seeds of
destruction, in order to produce every year, fresh, and
growing cycles of those voters who will strengthen the power
of the chareidi parties, until they become so dominant a
force in society, that we will one day long for today's
situation, which is bad enough."
Dankner concludes that "the great dream of everyone who isn't
chareidi is that on the days after the peace, a coalition
will arise of non-chareidi sector, in order to rectify the
distortions which have developed here in recent years, the
main one being the strengthening of the chareidim, who
endanger the identity of Israeli society.
"Will, during the first years of the forthcoming century, any
government in Israel have the courage and determination to
cancel the religious educational system, which is a time bomb
in the heart of the modern Israeli dream?
"Will a government, which will have the power to stop the
suicide process, ever arise?"
Dankner longs for the moment in which he will be able to make
peace with his current enemy, the secular right wing, to
wield one hand against his true enemy, the Torah observant
community.
All the political and security questions have become
immaterial in his eyes, the moment he envisions "the day
after the peace." The discussions with the Syrians and the
Palestinians are merely a means for preparing himself for
the great war against the chareidim.
One should pay close attention to these remarks. Dankner is
considered a crude, unrestrained journalist who has already
caused storms due to his rabid and untamed style.
Many of his friends are angry at him precisely because he
expresses their feelings out loud, and publicly and
vociferously proclaims what they dare not even whisper --
yet.
Indeed Torah Jews are in favor of every attempt which will
result in true peace and the prevention of bloodshed. But
when those "peace champions" rub their hands with glee over
the prospect of badgering the chareidi sector, and roll up
their sleeves in anticipation of "the day after the peace,"
we have good reason to be anxious about the future.
