![]() ![]() ![]() But it was this choice that put religious Zionism on the path that led to Meir Kahane, Baruch Goldstein and Yigal Amir to the success of politicians like Bezalel Smotrich, Itamar Ben-Gvir, and Simcha Rothman to Hawara and to the antidemocratic power-grab of the Netanyahu coalition. Was this choice a historical accident, or an inevitable tragedy? It is hard to say. Where could religious Zionists find their big historical project, which they themselves could lead? After 1967, religious Zionism chose the settlement project to be its flagship enterprise, which would fulfill its destiny and prove its moral superiority. True, religious Zionism also played an important role in establishing Israel, but in that case it was only playing second fiddle. Secular Zionism proved itself through such a project – the establishment of the State of Israel. But in order to prove its superiority, religious Zionism needed to accomplish some big historical project. ![]()
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