Re:I am an Israeli (Score 1)

Mod parent up.

As Israeli lawmaking goes, even if this passes all three votes necessary for it to become law, the Israeli Supreme Court can annull it retroactively if it is deemed to conflict with one of the "Foundation Laws" (Israel's substitute for a constitution). Given the aforementioned weakness of the current government, this isn't very likely to even pass the second vote('kriah').

As for the rest of the complexities of life here, the brunt of the workforce/people in the army are indeed an educated middle class that strive for a better, more peaceful future. I myself work on SQL development in a financial BI/OLAP setting while donating my yearly due to the armed forces. We do have our fair share of fundies and religious cooks (Just as Americans and Europeans have their own right wing fanatics) and they certainly have not made it easy for us to come to a settlement with our friendly neighborhood Palestinians.

Bear in mind that the aforementioned neighbors haven't exactly made it easy for us either - go and have a look at the complexities of the historic situation on Wikipedia. If on top of that you want to bring the National-Socialists, Antisemitism, Nietzsche and Judean/Christian history into the mix, go ahead, we won't hold it against you :).