Judea, the second Jewish state in the West Bank, is assured of last-resort Israeli protection. Even the Jews who dislike ultra-Orthodoxes won’t stand idle as Arabs butcher them. Israel would intervene to retain its claim of representing all Jews. Because of that claim, Israel will oppose establishing of Judea but, once she is established, extend her the protection. If Israel is not the only Jewish state, then at least a Big Jewish Brother.

Large war between Palestine or Jordan and Judea is unlikely for some years, and by that time Judea would build a sort of conventional army, possibly with nuclear bomb. Religious Jews, ruthless to Arab enemies, will efficiently counter low-level guerrilla attacks. Israeli last-resort protection is only deterrence, much like the nuclear deterrence. The world believes Jews stand for each other, and Arabs will find Israeli protection of Judea credible.

Judea won’t have major trouble with economy. Religious authority shouldn’t engage in economic regulation, though there is a danger of religious socialism. Judea can thrive as free market, zero customs duty economy. Religious government will likely misuse money supply and cause inflation; Judea will be better off using foreign currency, whether Israeli, American, or Swiss. Ultra-Orthodoxes accept extreme poverty and subsist on donations now; that state of things will continue in Judea. Most Orthodox Jews work productively. They can build a parasite economy in Judea thriving at the expense of overtaxed and over-regulated Israel like Mexico near the US. They can build solid low-end economy with agriculture and basic factories.

Theocracies historically survived longer than secular states because theological authority is closed to doubt and questioning by subjects. Secular Judea will eventually slither down into the Israeli leftism, US populist democracy, or apartheid. In public opinion, only religious state can exclude Arabs; secular states must be ethnic-blind. Secular government which imposes strict moral code will be dubbed fascist and ostracized. No doubt, great, honest rabbis won’t ascend to the helm of Judea, but even a rav like Ovadiah Yosef would rule Judea more sensibly than Olmert rules Israel.