yichusdik- I could not have said it better- even if I tried!
Chareidim who have little contact with non-religious people don’t realize that the non-religious could not care less what the chareidm do- as long as it does not infringe on their way of life. Right now, in Israel, we are at a point that the genral tsibbur feels that the present system infirnges on their lives- with the money given to avreichim, with political deals in the hands of a minority and with the blatant (in their eyes) avoidance of army duty by so many.
I still beleive that a compromise will be worked out and that all the talk about “shmad”, “wanting to eradicate torah” will subside and the political dialogue will return to more mundane matters like…Iran, war, terrorism….