Israel | Shas Party gets Knesset Majority (Ultra Religious)

The stated goal of the Shas party is to "return the crown to the former glory"

Now obviously the general phrase can be applied to anything...

However, say Likud fractures sometime after 1984 and the Shas party is elected into the Knesset as the Majority, or at the very least the head of a religious coalition government.

And through their policy of "returning the crown to the former glory" they decide to make a concerted effort into rebuilding the Temple of Solomon, Intafadas be damned.

What could happen next?
What would a religious orthodox party in power in Israel do?
 
I can't see this happening in the 1980s, but possibly within the near future, with the orthodox population becoming bigger. For such a government to be elected, you'd need a secular-minded previous government going extreme on the orthodox community. Possibly an authoritarian Israel Beitenu/Likud coalition which intervenes in the Syrian and Iraq wars, and then imposes conscription for the orthodox Jews. This leads to a culture war within Israel and clashes in Jerusalem. Meanwhile, Israel's involvement in Syria doesn't go well, the government becomes unpopular, and the orthodox Jews are seen as victims of the government. Shas then wins a landslide.

What could happen next?
What would a religious orthodox party in power in Israel do?

That's the tricky bit. Traditionally, the orthodox Jews didn't want to get involved in Zionism and while in government, Shas mainly campaigned for religious topics. First of all, they'd repeal conscription for the orthodox community. They also might enforce gender segregation in the public sphere, with separeted buses, etc. I'm not sure how the relationship with religious settlers would work out, though.
 
Is it really becoming larger??

Interesting.

Is it due to immigration, or emigration for that matter?

Or is it a reaction to Islamic radicalism?

And what of the temple of Solomon? Does Shas espouse rebuilding it for religious purposes?

(a lot of questions)
 
Is it really becoming larger??

Interesting.

Is it due to immigration, or emigration for that matter?

Or is it a reaction to Islamic radicalism?

Yup, apparently the two groups with the highest birth rate in Israel are the Orthodox and the Arab communities.

As for the Temple, I'm not so sure on the religious issues. The thing is, the orthodox community tends to be not as expansionist as certain religious settler movements, they tend to keep going inward. I guess their main focus would be a de-secularisation of the Israeli state and its institutions, especially the army. This might as well include the Temple of Solomon.
 
This isn't even a reply on this thread specifically. I just have to say that you have some of the best timeline ideas, Global. Have you ever thought of writing a book?
 
Yup, apparently the two groups with the highest birth rate in Israel are the Orthodox and the Arab communities.

As for the Temple, I'm not so sure on the religious issues. The thing is, the orthodox community tends to be not as expansionist as certain religious settler movements, they tend to keep going inward. I guess their main focus would be a de-secularisation of the Israeli state and its institutions, especially the army. This might as well include the Temple of Solomon.

Fascinating! Thanks for satifying my curiosity.

PS: The Fly is a freakin awesome movie.
 
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