You're getting close to the real heart of the issue, where I can't really speak for anyone else, and no matter what happens someone is going to be mad, so all I can really tell you is what I feel and think and would love to see. Some background. While Jewish, I did not grow up in a religious household, nor within a Jewish community. As a result, Israel was not a big topic in my home, although we cheered when they won Eurovision (twice) and I did read Exodus and a couple of other books about the early years. My first visit was at 18 when I spent just under a year volunteering on kibbutz and travelling the region, including a month spent in Egypt. This was pre intifada days so I was able to travel freely around the West Bank. I fell madly in love with the country, as I experienced it, which meant fairly provincial (Tel Aviv was not the high tech place it is now), and incredibly varied both in geography and in people, including the Arabs. I loved travelling in places such as Hebron and Jericho just as much as I loved Tiberias, Acco, Haifa and the desert. I don't have as much invested in the notion of the Jewish State, except as a safe haven as others do, although I like the fact that it exists. So, yes I have pulled myself apart over the question of Jewish State versus true democracy and yes they can only exist together by manipulation. While I would like Israel to remain Jewish, both because I feel that the Jews do need a safe place, and because I like it, if forced to choose, I would go with a democracy. I would like to see Israel truly be a light unto all nations, and for me that would be a place where different races and faiths are treated fairly. I would like it to function as a true democracy, as a place of laws, with separation between synogogue/church/mosque and state and an independant judiciary. I want a state that is for all of its citizens and where all of its citizens are for their state. You can't legislate togetherness, but you can make the laws fair and treat people equally. For the record, I don't think that the Israeli Arabs are going to overtake Israeli Jews in population any time soon. From conversations with many Arab friends they mentioned how their societies are changing as a result of their exposure to different cultures. Their education level is rising and birthrates tend to drop accordingly. I would however hope that while a majority, we would put into place a system that was so egalitarian, fair and strong and would develop a society that was cohesive enough, so being a minority wouldn't make a difference. But that's just me.