I thought the whole premise of Israel is to turn the clock back 2000 years?

Unfortunately Netanyahu is not exactly King Solomon.

Remember Ancient Israel was a monarchy. The Big Guy Rules. Like the religion.

Democracy and republicanism originated in pantheistic cultures. Rome adopted Christianity for the monotheism to validate the Empire rising from the ashes of the Republic. The Big Guy Rules.

Which provided the eschatological basis for the next 1500 years of European monarchy. Divine right of kings. As opposed to "consent of the governed."

When the West went back to democracy and republicanism, it required separation of church and state, culture and civics. A democratic theocracy is an oxymoron.

Before Oct 7th, Israel was being torn apart by the centripetal and centrifugal forces inherent in every society. Young and old, liberal and conservative.

The problem isn't so much Israel's adversaries, as it is that the Bronze Age tribalism of the Old Testament became an anachronism with the New Testament. Ever hear of The Golden Rule? Matthew 7/12; "Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you."

What if the sky doesn't open and that stairway to heaven doesn't descend and the Israelis have to keep living in this world?

One where the US dollar eventually implodes and Europe descends into third world status.

The fact is that the God that rules humanity is desire, not wisdom.

Wisdom is that old bitch with the stick.

Trial and error.