"KEVIN HATES JEWS"

[mburbank]

I don't have any stats for you but I think Abcd might contribute here. The majority of Jews my well be agnostic for all I know, but the political weight carried by right wing extremist fractions in politics is highly disproportional. Annecdotaly (and I know this renders it fairly meaningless statistically) my friends who grew up in Israel and mocved here said it was a very difficult life being Jewish, living in Israel and not practicing. The legal debates over "Who is a Jew" never really end and I'm fairly certain Orthodox religous groups are not lible to manditory military service.

Israel is nowhere near a theocracy as compared to most middle eastern states, but the role religion plays in it's government should not be underestimated. I see this more as a dangerous pitfall for Israel as opposed to a current condition. I think anyone who believes the lnd they live on was given to them by God are dangerous. I'd wager W. thinks this and it makes him dangerous. People who are certain God is in their camp tend to be intractable.