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Source: https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-the-situation-is-painful-but-necessary-1001443969
A New Middle-Ground Israeli Identity Is Being Forged
(Globes) Naama Sikuler - Prof. David Passig, an associate professor at Bar-Ilan University, is an Israeli futurist. Despite the split in Israeli society and the demonstrations, he is optimistic. "For 3,000 years, the Jewish people have felt they are at war with one another. Our discussions are always held at high volume, so the current process is entirely natural to the Jewish character....Now everything has risen to the surface, and that's excellent. Both sides are going to learn from each other. They won't do it by choice, but they will do it out of necessity." "Even though the process of mutual learning will take some time, and even if there will be very painful stages, in all it's a process of establishing a nation that was scattered, both geographically and ideologically....We came to the State of Israel as people who were strangers to one other - with different styles, different traditions, and a diverse definition of Jewishness - in order to build one nation with a cohesive identity. And that is really difficult. So far, we've succeeded quite well."