re: #2 aagcobb

Israel needs to stop subsidizing these ultra-orthodox fanatics, which allows these men to do absolutely nothing except study Torah, and, of course, harass everyone else.

The problem is that these men really are what economic conservatives have long warned against: People who have discovered they can vote themselves money from the public treasury. The rest of the Israeli public needs to organize a Grover Norquist-type pledge, with said pledge having leaders of other Israeli parties promise not to allow the religious parties who back these subsidies into any governing coalition. These fanatics need to be stripped of their influence, and Netanyahu needs to remember his economic principles and oppose those loons.