Editing Melting pot (section)

===Israel===
{{See also|Culture of Israel}}

Today the reaction to this doctrine is ambivalent; some say that it was a necessary measure in the founding years, while others claim that it amounted to cultural [[oppression]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Liphshiz|first=Cnaan|title=Melting pot' approach in the army was a mistake, says IDF absorption head|url=http://www.haaretz.com/melting-pot-approach-in-the-army-was-a-mistake-says-idf-absorption-head-1.245477|access-date=8 November 2013|newspaper=Haaretz|date=May 9, 2008|archive-date=22 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822181146/http://www.haaretz.com/melting-pot-approach-in-the-army-was-a-mistake-says-idf-absorption-head-1.245477|url-status=live}}</ref> Others argue that the melting pot policy did not achieve its declared target: for example, the persons born in Israel are more similar from an economic point of view to their parents than to the rest of the population.<ref>Yitzhaki, Shlomo and [[Schechtman, Edna]] ''The "Melting Pot": A Success Story?'' Journal of Economic Inequality, Vol; 7, No. 2, June 2009, pp. 137–51. [http://www1.cbs.gov.il/www/publications/pw32.pdf Earlier version by Schechtman, Edna and Yitzhaki, Shlomo] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109003252/http://www1.cbs.gov.il/www/publications/pw32.pdf |date=2013-11-09 }}, Working Paper No. 32, Central Bureau of Statistics, Jerusalem, Nov. 2007, i + 30 pp.</ref>