It is little surprise that one recent opinion survey, conducted at a time of sharpened tension in the peace process, nonetheless found that Israelis were more worried by this internal conflict between church and state than by the conflict with the Arabs.

ECONOMIST: Israel at 50

Both involve the media business and the inevitable conflict between church (journalism) and state (ratings or corporate concerns).

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It traces the relationship between state and market a relationship that, he says, has succeeded the relationship between church and state as the dominant conflict in societies from the thirteenth century to the present.

NEWYORKER: Evening the Odds