The intention of Netanyahu in particular and Zionists in general was always eradicate Judaism.  To destroy the genuine identity of the Jewish people as the ‘People of the Book.’ 

For them, Judaism was nothing other than a meaningless term to be convoluted, distorted and exploited according to their whims and agendas.

Ben Gurion wasn’t shy: “Judaism of religious practice and tradition is Judaism of the ghetto. Judaism in a Jewish State is Judaism of labor and creativity in every field of economic and scientific endeavors..”

Sources: Diaries, 3/14/59 Credits Empty wagon