Ultra-Orthodox Jews attributed to them of extremism in Israel, including Rabin's assassin (Reuters - Archive)
Head of the Israeli intelligence service Mossad, Ephraim Halevy, former Friday that the threat to Israel's existence is the growing radicalization of the Haredim (ultra-religious any) and not the Iranian nuclear program.
Public Radio quoted Israeli Halevy said during a lecture at the School of Israeli military said that the real existential threat to Israel coming from the inside, and Jewish extremism and increase the proportion of Haredim.
Haridam and the word is the plural of the word Harida, which means in Hebrew "met", and this community, province and its followers adhere to traditional dress, and they know that they are represented by the ancient Jewish intellectual assets, as the purest.
Haredim and families are characterized by an increase in number they refuse birth control, which explains the increase in their numbers compared to laity in Israeli society.
The head of the Mossad, the former pointing out that this is the existential threat to Israel than Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. "We should not talk about Iran on terms of religion and I do not think it is possible to eliminate Israel."
And on the statements of former Mossad chief Meir Dagan, who described the Israeli attack possible on Iran as a stupid act, he said, Halevy said that from the end of its functions are not available in his hand image are short term and that it be careful, and can express their opinion, but finished his duties does not have data on military schemes.
The head of the Mossad, the former "must concern a nuclear Iran, but from here and even existential threat, the distance far away."
The majority of Haredi Jews do not serve in the Israeli army, and authorities agree on the exemption from military service, despite the controversy raised by the internal, the government established with the special battalion with religious to be a compromise where the regiment into account the requirements of religious people. Among the most famous member of this community to Yigal Amir, assassin of former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
Source: UPI-Jazeera