On Israel’s 75th Birthday, Is Optimism Still the Keynote?

A new poll found that 51 percent were pessimistic about the future of the Jewish state.

In an interview aired on Israeli TV on Sunday, President Isaac Herzog called Israel’s intense domestic dispute over judicial reform, which has been raging for more than three months, “the most serious internal crisis in the country’s history.”

With the celebrations for Israel’s 75^th Independence Day set to begin on Tuesday evening, Herzog was not alone i…