Yoaz Hendel Warns of Urgent Action Needed to Prevent Non-Zionist Majority by 2048

Yoaz Hendel, chairman of the Reservists' Party, emphasized the necessity of concrete steps to ensure full military conscription, not just declarations, during a joint press conference with Hili Tropper. Hendel stressed that the decisive moment is on the battlefield, not in premature celebrations, and that their goal is to secure Zionism's victory domestically while instilling fear in external enemies. He warned that without dramatic action, Israel risks disintegration, with an ungoverned Arab sector and ultra-Orthodox enclaves lacking state allegiance. Hendel cautioned against reaching a demographic and political tipping point by 2048, where a non-Zionist majority could emerge in Israel.