NY Times's Friedman: US Netanyahu gov't is making rethink of US-Israel ties 'inevitable'

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5. Trying to reason with religious fanatics and the right-wing ideologues who enable them

is like trying to reason with a brick wall.

I think the root of this disastrous situation is rooted in the power given to the Rabbinate, who welds that power with all its might. Coupling that with Netanyahu's narcissism and lust for power has brought us to this day where Israeli society is endanger of unraveling.

Israeli's first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion came out retirement in the days after the end of the 1967 war. He warned the government and the military that an occupation of the West Bank would only lead to undermine the moral fabric of the country and corrupt the government and the military. What vision the man had.