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JEWISH FUNDAMENTALISM

JEWISH FUNDAMENTALISM. A PARADIGM OF POLITICAL ACTION GEARED TOWARDS TOTAL TRANSFORMATION OF SOCIETY BASED ON “SCRIPTURALISM” REQUIRING UNCOMPROMISING ADHERENCE TO DIVINE IMPERATIVES. HISTORY UNFOLDS REDEMPTION PROCESS. JEWS POSSESS SPECIAL AND DIRECT ACCESS TO TRANSCENDENTAL TRUTH

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JEWISH FUNDAMENTALISM

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  1. JEWISH FUNDAMENTALISM • A PARADIGM OF POLITICAL ACTION GEARED TOWARDS TOTAL TRANSFORMATION OF SOCIETY • BASED ON “SCRIPTURALISM” REQUIRING UNCOMPROMISING ADHERENCE TO DIVINE IMPERATIVES

  2. HISTORY UNFOLDS REDEMPTION PROCESS • JEWS POSSESS SPECIAL AND DIRECT ACCESS TO TRANSCENDENTAL TRUTH • HISTORICAL EVENTS PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONS, REPRIMANDS, AND REWARDS • THREE KEY EVENTS: HOLOCAUST, SIX-DAY WAR, YOM KIPPUR WAR

  3. THE BASIS OF FUNDAMENTALIZING TRENDS • CONTAMINATING “SECULARIZATION” OF JUDAISM • REGARDING THE STATE OF ISRAEL AS A “HOLY INSTRUMENT OF GOD” • REGARDING VICTORY OVER ARABS AND ANNEXATIONS AS GOD’S REDEMPTION OF JEWISH PEOPLE

  4. RELIGIOUS YOUTH MOVEMENT (BENEI AKIVA) • TRANSFORMATION OF SEMINARIES INTO ACTIVIST, PARAMILITARY INSTITUTIONS • ACTIVIST CURRICULUM FOR IMMIGRANTS AND MIDDLE-CLASS ISRAELIS • REVISIONIST ZIONISM - LABOR AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION

  5. SETTLEMENT BUILDING • GUSH EMUNIM’S ORGANIZATION INCLUDE: (a) AMANA (Covenant); (b) YESHA (Salvation) influences govt policies; (c) NEKUDA (Monthly journal) • OVERALL IMPACT ON ISRAELI OPINION POLLS: NO SURRENDER OF LAND FOR PEACE

  6. CRITIQUE OF ZIONIST “NORMALIZATION” • ZIONIST RESPONSE TO ANTI-SEMITISM • NATION-BUILDING WITHOUT THE JUDAIC TRAPPINGS • “GOD SPEAKS DIRECTLY TO ISRAEL” • “GOD ORDERED US TO BE THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND OF ISRAEL”

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