If Israel is ‘the only democracy in the Middle East’ why does the Knesset Refuse to Even Discuss a Bill Calling for Israel to be a State of all its Citizens?

As long as Israel is a Jewish state it can’t be a democratic state JAMAL ZAHALKA and Haneen Zoabi. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST) When the three members of Balad in the Knesset proposed a Bill calling for Israel to be a state of all its citizens rather than a Jewish state, all…

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Why Israel is an Apartheid State

If this happened in Alabama there would be uproar. In Israel, it’s the norm How often have you heard an apologist for Zionism declare that Israel is a democracy, indeed the only one in the Middle East because ‘even’ the Arabs have a vote.  This is of course true but merely possessing a vote in…

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Palestinian Violence Came From Nowhere

A brilliant article by Ha’aretz’s Gideon Levy, who with Amira Hass, is the conscience of Israel.  During Operation Protective Edge, when he went to Ashdod, his security minders had to get him away quickly as he was in danger of also being lynched by Israeli right-wingers who don’t go a bundle on freedom of speech.…

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