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Titolo: 55% of Israelis see settlers as modern-day Maccabees

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Poll: 55% of Israelis see settlers as modern-day Maccabees
Majority of Israelis, including 51% of secular public, views settlers as 
Hasmoneans of our time. Following them on the scale of likeness to 
Maccabees are social activists and IDF officers
Ynet
They feel like the media and the public are hostile towards them, but 
now are finally receiving their cross-sectorial medal of honor. A joint 
Ynet-Yesodot poll revealed that a majority of the public – including 51% 
of the seculars – believe that the settlers are "the Hasmonean 
counterpart" of our times.
The poll, conducted in honor of Hanukkah, also asked who Israelis see as 
the modern-day Hellenists and what the Maccabees would think about 
Israel today.
The poll was conducted by Panels Institute on a sample representative of 
the adult Jewish population in Israel of 498 respondents. The maximum 
sampling error is 4.4%±.
To the question "Who are the Maccabees of our day?", 55% responded "the 
settlers," 20% chose the social activists, 13% chose IDF officers, 6% 
chose members of Knesset, and 6% chose environmental activists. In an 
analysis of those who chose the settler response according to religious 
affiliation, shows 50% of haredim, 51% of the seculars, 58% of the 
traditionalists, and 69% of the religious believe that the settlers are 
the modern-day Maccabees.
And who are the Hellenists of the 21st Century? Thirty percent believe 
"those who insert words from foreign languages into Hebrew or those who 
name their children Latin names." Some 28% said that those who want to 
make money at any price are the modern-day Hellenists, while 26% said 
people who are brand-conscious. Another 16% responded that people who 
watch a lot of television are manifestations of modern-day Hellenism.
Breaking down the results according to shows that seculars were most 
likely to indicate the desire to be famous (31%). Traditionalists were 
most noted the use of Latin names and words (32%). The religious public 
emphasized chasing after brands (31%), and haredim indicated watching 
television (44%) and the source of Hellenism in today's society.
Maccabees and State of Israel
The Hasmoneans were known, among other things, for secretly violating 
the laws of the Greek regime that forbade upholding the Torah's 
commandments. A clear majority of the respondents (59%) said they would 
participate in legal protests such as demonstrations and media 
spokesmanship when faced with State laws and orders antithetical to 
their beliefs and values.
On the other hand, 18% said they would not do anything "because it 
wouldn't have an effect." Some 8% said they would involve international 
bodies in order to revoke the laws, while 4% said they would partake in 
illegal and violent protest. Some 11% said they do not know how they 
would react.
Most of the religious affiliations preferred legal protest as their 
prime path of action: 66% of religious, 59% of traditionalists, 58% of 
seculars, and 39% of haredim.
In conclusion, the respondents were asked to estimate "what would the 
Hasmoneans think of the State of Israel as a Jewish and democratic 
state?" Some 33% responded that the Hasmoneans would think this type of 
country is ideal. Some 25% said the state would be considered a symbol 
of Hellenism in the eyes of the Hasmoneans because its laws are not 
based on halacha. Some 21% said the Hasmoneans would accept the State 
having no other choice. Another 21% did not respond.
The haredim and the religious believe the State of Israel would be seen 
by the Hasmoneans as a symbol of Hellenism (67% and 42% respectively). 
Traditionalists believe they would come to terms with the State having 
no other choice (31%), and the seculars said the Hasmoneans would see 
the State as ideal.
'No sense in coercion'
Shoshi Becker, educational director of Yesodot Center for Torah and 
Democracy said, "Every Jew must aspire to promote Hebrew law, but 
coercing keeping the commandments on a large public that does not desire 
to do so certainly is not possible.
"I would like to send the words of the late Rabbi Shaul Yisraeli as a 
message to our generation. He claimed that there is no sense in forcing 
commandments on a secular person with the laws of the State if this is 
not likely to bring him to perform them out of empathy in the future."
To the haredi and religious public who believe that the State of Israel 
would be perceived as a symbol of Hellenism in the eyes of the 
Hasmoneans, Becker reminded, "The Hasmoneans waged their struggle 
because they were prevented from upholding the commandments of their 
religion, while a democratic country is built on freedom of religion, 
which is mostly granted in the State of Israel."

 Poll: 55% of Israelis see settlers as modern-day Maccabees
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