As mentioned previously, wars are often waged among non-state actors and it must be understood however, that recognition of belligerency does not necessarily mean recognition of statehood.
For years the New Israel Fund and countless other Jewish and non-Jewish leftist organizations have waged a culture war against the haredim for what they allege is their mistreatment of women.
The second, more troublesome complication is that the turf war waged by the two non-Orthodox movements against Israeli Orthodoxy has prejudiced the prospects of Russian-Israelis quietly being converted.
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