Posts Tagged ‘Israeli democracy’
The Last Fig Leaf Hiding the Nakedness of Israeli Democracy Has Been Stripped Away
The very idea of a Jewish state is a violation of the rights of its non-Jewish citizens One of the few things that Zionists use to uphold the pretence that Israel is a democracy is the fact that the Arabs/Palestinians can vote in elections for the Knesset. Now even this is no longer true. it…
Read MoreWhy Israel is not a Liberal Democracy
Israel is the most racist and right-wing state on Earth Introduction The recent Home Affairs Select Committee Report on Anti-Semitism, [see Manufacturing Consent On ‘Anti-Semitism – Modern Day Alchemy – Home Affairs Select Committee Transforms Anti-Zionism into Anti-Semitism] whose primary purpose was to conflate criticism of Israel and Zionism with anti-Semitism, started from the basis that ‘where…
Read MorePalestinian female MK Haneen Zoabi physically attacked – again
Banned, Physically Attacked – Israeli Democracy in Action Another example of the ‘only democracy in the Middle East’. Haneen Zoabi, an articulate, forthright Palestinian member of the Knesset has been villified, suspended from the Knesset, barred from running (until the High Court overturned it) and now physically attacked during the election campaign by a range…
Read More‘The Only Democracy in the Middle East’ Suspends Arab MK Haneen Zoabi
Israel’s mask of democracy slips as Haneen Zoabi is suspended for 6 months Haneen Zoabi – singled out for abuse by Israeli right and Zionists In the summer Haneen Zoabi, a member of the Knesset for Balad, was asked of the kidnapping and murder of 3 teenage settlers was an act of terrorism. She replied…
Read MoreThe Myth of Israeli Democracy – Arab Votes Count for Nothing
Jonathan Cook, who lives in Nazareth There is a widespread belief that Israel is the Middle East’s only democracy and that Arabs, who can vote in Israeli elections, are equal participants in this democracy. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact no Arab party has ever been a member of a government coalition. …
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