If the Declaration of Independence falls, Israeli unity will fall too - opinion

This last bastion of consensus is under attack. If it succeeds, there will no longer be any text around which the State of Israel and Israeli society can unite.

THE ORIGINAL scroll of the Declaration of Independence: The words are not a hastily drafted text; they are constitutive words, the writer argues.

THE ORIGINAL scroll of the Declaration of Independence: The words are not a hastily drafted text; they are constitutive words, the writer argues.

(photo credit: MIRIAM ALSTER/FLASH90)

BySHUKI FRIEDMAN

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023 00:54

Updated: SEPTEMBER 23, 2023 01:00

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