High-tech lobby chief warns on Intel violence
Mankovsky believes that the attacks against Intel's fab in Jerusalem are a major threat at two levels. First, they harm Israel's attractiveness as an enlightened, business-friendly, and open economy. Second, the violence and vandalism are liable to cause Intel Corporation's management to decide to close the Jerusalem fab.
Mankovsky warns, "Such an act will cost the jobs of hundreds of people employed at the fab, and lead to considerations to move operations to other countries perceived as more attractive. Closing the Intel fab in Jerusalem will prevent the opening of the next fab and/or R&D center by the company in Israel, and cause a domino effect."
It may be that given Israelis lack of interest in changing the status quo, our making a big deal of Israel’s lack of religious pluralism and the corruption of the
Orthodox establishment will simply alienate more Jews from Israel, which is already considered by many American Jews to be problematic with regard to liberal issues of rights
and freedom. Only an explicitly explained boycott of all businesses and institutions under the control of the Orthodox political establishment has any chance of even getting
significant attention. This would mean no visits to Meah Shearim or the Kotel, no spending money in the Old City, no praying at Heichal Shlomo or the Central Synagogue, and
no support of Old City yeshivas. As with any policy of "sanctions," this needs to be targeted to hurt those in power, and not those who are vulnerable but caught
in the fray. Local Israeli civil disobedience on this issue — a few thousand Israeli women and men demonstrating and yes, even getting arrested as is necessary in
any genuine civil rights battle — would probably be helpful. These activists would be a wonderful constituency for Jews living here to connect with, as they already
feel alienated from Israel due to these issues.
No one is poor by choice (Haaretz Israel News)
- The data in the report shows not that ultra-Orthodoxy causes poverty but rather that poor people tend to become ultra-Orthodox, as the Shas phenomenon shows. The dismantling of the welfare state pushes the poor to seek help from ultra-Orthodox services. Embracing an ultra-Orthodox lifestyle in turn causes cultural changes among the poor, including an increase in the number of children in a family - which provides a justification for poverty.
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