No one is objecting to those Jews who believe the future of the yishuv in Eretz Yisrael is a function of military and economic might, and who prefer to trust their family’s and our people’s future to their own ability. The issue is that those who believe the future of the yishuv is a function of Shemiras mitsvos and Limud Torah, and who want to trust their family’s and our people’s future to mitsvos and learning and trust in Ha-Shem, are being forced to give up learning to be soldiers. Note that no one is demanding that the hilonim give up their lifestyle and their culture and be required to spend several years learning Torah and concentrating on the correct doing of the mitsvos. The issue is the bigotry and intolerance of people such as Bennett and Lapid who are demanding that everyone adopt their life style, and are ready to use the coercive power of the state to get their way.
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