Reply To: What's going on in Emmanuel?

I know this is a little bit off topic, but I think this incident is a huge example of the prevalent attitude towards the medinah. Obviously, the medinah is not as frum as I would like it to be, and there are major issues between the religous in Eretz Yisro’el and the secular of the government. But there is a reason why there are more Jews living in Eretz Yisro’el nowadays then there were for a very long time. There’s a reason why there is more Torah in Eretz Yisro’el nowadays since possibly the fall of Beitar. There’s a reason why Eretz Yisro’el is the only place in the world where taxpayers money goes to support religious (including charedi) institutions. Aside from siyada diShmaya, much of this is because of the medinah. Obviously frum Jews must stand up for Torah values, but there is not enough hakaras hatov going around for all the good that the medinah does.