First, Sharky said: "We came out optimistic. I think I'm leaving with an open mind. 22 years is not a long time. Most of us will be here, God willing, to see it. We are looking for what we don't see enough of now, and how things could unfold differently."
He added: "The easiest thing to say is – if there are 1.5 Haredim now, when Israel is 100 years old, a quarter of Israelis will be Haredim. That's the easiest thing to say. You draw the current trend and multiply. We don't see that the Haredim are changing, that there is a stream called state Haredi. Harediism is not as widespread as it is now. The trend can change to all kinds of regions. Demographic studies don't look at immigration within the sectors in Israel."
He added: "Even the society that is the revolution itself, they also have not gotten rid of the less comfortable Haredi views. The message is that things can take a turn, even to the extreme. History can take us to the extreme."
In conclusion, a 12 News journalist said that "it's a two-way street. When you go out into Haredi society, it changes you and you change it. The people between the sectors, they make the difference."
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