Yedidia Z . Stern and Benjamin Porat Israeli society gives the appearance of fragility , with a constant sense of life on the brink , the anxiety of teetering on the lip of the abyss . No wonder Since the earliest days of Zionism , the Jews of the Land of Israel , and later the citizens of the state , have faced a broad , complex , and almost impossible spectrum of existential threats and challenges : foreign and defense policy , war and peace , settlement and borders , economy and society , religion and state , Israel and Diaspora Jewry , Jews and Arabs . In the countdown to every new year , headlines warn that a decisive juncture has been reached ; in every election campaign , the pundits proclaim that the fate of the state and nation hangs in the balance . We must not make light of the objective difficulties and trials that confront Israeli society . It is hard to find their counterpart in any civilized country . Of course there is also the subjective and psychological element , whi...
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