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Can Judaism Survive a Messianic Dictatorship in Israel? What will happen to Judaism if Israeli democracy is destroyed by supremacist zealots Aerial view of Hawara village, following the February rampage there of Jews who were avenging an earlier terror attack.Credit: Ilia Yefimovich/DPA Yuval Noah Harari Jul 13, 2023 10:38 pm IDT Following Jews around the world will shortly commemorate Tisha B’Av, the fast day marking the destruction of the First Temple by the Babylonians and of the Second Temple by the Romans. Can Judaism survive the destruction of the Third Temple – the prosperous Israeli democracy – this time by the Jews themselves? And what would such destruction look like? Two weeks ago I went to Beit Shemesh, a predominantly religious city, to take part in a pro-democracy rally. Hundreds of people participated: religious and secular, women and men, straight people and LGBTQ people, Ashkenazi and Mizrahi, and everyone in between. Opposite us, there was a counter-rally of governmen...