When people think “Halakhic State” they usually think Haredistan or settler apartheid state.
How Ever:
If we had a revived National Court (“sanhedrin”), it probably would have authorized the initial strikes against Hamas after Oct 7 as a necessary and legitimate war of self-defense, and required everyone, including Haredim, to serve in the military – but then at some point it would probably have prohibited the continuation of the war with the same tactics, without a clear strategy of self-defense and victory.
There’s something to be said for collectively choosing to be led by a large, diverse body of our nation’s wisest people – and there’s a reason the visibly-religious current leadership does not actively work towards reviving the National Court.
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