[Avodah] tora state

[Saul.Z.Newman at kp.org]

in re a recent  areivim discussion of what a haredi tora state might look 
like, i found this

from a RW rabbi on the OU website, has his own idea of a 'tora state'
I believe that the time has come to establish a political party whose=20
platform is unashamedly for a Torah state.=======

The leadership will be composed of rabbis who regard the medina not as 
a=20
mere political entity but as the forerunner of the final geula.

The major points of the platform would be:

1- There is no one definition of democracy in the world. Hence, we will=20
redefine ours as a Torah democracy. The law of the land will be the 
Torah=20
and will be coercive as all law is.

2- Massive construction in Yehuda, Shomrom and the Golan with the aim 
to=20
bring a million Jews to these areas within 10 years.

3- A massive effort to bring millions of olim (new immigrants), 
including=20
the research of the millions of people who are descendants of the 
Anusim=20
(Marranos) or the Ten Lost Tribes for the purpose of uniting them with the 
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Jewish nation.

4- The army as the most respected institute in the land will be 
revised.=20
All able-bodied males will undergo basic training, regardless of how 
many=20
pages of the Talmud they know and all soldiers will be taught the=20
rudiments of Judaism. All female soldiers will be released and the concept 
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of "ma?chanecha kadosh" will be implemented.

5- Shabbat will be the law of the land. There will be no desecration of=20
the shabbat in the public areas, including non Jews. Kashrut will be=20
strictly observed as will the limits of modesty - tzniut.

6- The Law of Return will be amended so that only Halachic Jews will be=20
able to attain citizenship.

7- Only Halachic Jews will be permitted to serve in the Knesset, and 
only=20
after fulfilling a minimum requirement of Torah and general knowledge.

8- An ultimatum will be given to the Gazans that within 24 hours all=20
weapons are to be deposited in the city stadium. After this time if=20
anything which can be construed as a weapon will be found then the 
entire=20
city will be immediately destroyed.

9- The Gazans are to immediately clean out the area called "Gush 
Katif" in =

preparation for its re-building, bet knesset by bet knesset (synagogue 
by=20
synagogue), home for home, on an area three times larger then before.

10- Architectural plans will be drawn up for the Bet Ha?Mikdash, to be=20
implemented at the appropriate time.

11- We would send Rav Lau to make a statement to the General Assembly 
of=20
the UN, that Medinat Yisrael is the realization of God?s promise to return 
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His nation to His land, and the establishment of a new United Nations 
in=20
Yericho, to unite all the gentiles in the world around the seven 
Noachide=20
laws.

The list is endless.

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