But if there is any area of Israel where legislation is guaranteed to fail, I believe, it is in the area of religious observance and life. I am convinced that if Knesset legislation were passed requiring that Jewish homes have a mezuza affixed to their front door post, that percentage would decline. There is an uneasy status quo that exists currently in Israel regarding religious practice in the state. It satisfies no one completely, yet on the whole it allows the individual to live as he wishes without too much discomfort. Both the secular and religious parties would be wise to refrain from seeking legislative or administrative shortcuts in religious matters.
Imperfect solutions are better than terribly divisive short-lived legislative triumphs.
The truth is that there is a very long road ahead of us. By continuing to offer slogans of shortcuts, by proposing wishful panaceas, we do ourselves serious harm. The insistence of the Arabs that we must always resume negotiations from where they were allegedly left off illustrates clearly the danger of trying to rush to our objective through shortcuts. We should refuse to accept any more shortcuts and continue along the long road of Jewish history that has brought us to this day.