CapelDodger said:
Israel is a democracy. That was a requirement for its formation in the modern world. Which is one of the contradictions that will see the failure of Israel : conceived in one era, born in another.
Another empty statement. What does this mean? Nothing of course, it's just a firework in order to create the impression that something important hides behind that.
"Democracy" is, of course, a broad-brush term (though less so than "free world"). The small percentage requirement for representation in parliament may seem very democratic, but it enshrines a party structure and in fact makes parliament very weak against the executive Deliberately so. Just what the powers of the executive are is difficult to discern, since there is no Israeli Constitution (something I'd have thought you'd mention).
" Free on line course to Political Theories" for those they haven't graduated high school."
The existence of Constitution though is not a prerequisite for a Democracy to function. Of course, as I have posted previously I consider a problem the fact that Israel doesn't have a constitution.
The very nature of Israel is war. It was carved out of a hostile Asian coast by Europeans, with military might.
As you know I agree but everytime I post that people remind me that I don't really have evidence for that and it sounds like a conspiracy theory. Maybe now that Unique and Davefoc read that from you will believe me!!
The Jews were sent to Middle East by the europeans to keep the Arabs busy, it was a good opportunity to get rid of them. First they annihilated them and what was left was sent to Middle East to patrol the "uncivilized Arabs".
Another contradiction : "We're democratic but necessarily militarised". And not just militarised for defence, since the borders of the original scheme have not yet been achieved (a majority on both banks of the Jordan, and northwards to the Litani valley. How Gaza fits in I'm not sure, but for some it's clearly "in").
This is
yourinterpretation of course because personally I haven't see anything of sort to be part of any official dogma. We are militarized because the Arabs have been promising us the Third Temple since 1960.
The claim that Sharon - who ordered the invasion of Lebanon against the wishes of Prime Minister Begin, look it up, people - had nothing to do with it has the smack of infantility that is so much zenith-nadir's style. But I digress.
It's ok if you digress this is just another example of an irrelevancy that you posted it just to imply that you hold a superior knowledge that others don't.
Ask a Lebanese why they hate the Palestinians so much.
One result of Israeli democracy is the relative openness of government, which means government and cabinet papers are made public after 30 or 50 years.
Official documents in Israel have levels of classification as it happens everywhere on the planet.
This has seen the emergence of the "New History" phaenomenon in Israel. Another contradiction : what is revealed is incompatible with the necessary national myths (I'm sure we agree that nations need myths).
Of course such things occur only in Israel... BTW Have you heard of a certain Doctor Kelly?
Ok, it seems that it's official now that we have passed the test.
and a majority of Israelis want peace, not expansion. Yet they don't get it. Most Israelis opposed the expansion of settlements after Oslo (subsidised by their taxes), but it went on. Something's amiss.
True but see what happens. When election time arrives, human bombs start exploding everywhere, workers that wait for the morning bus, children that go to school, people that enjoy a meal in a restaurant--Israeli citizens that have the right to vote and change the situation-- are murdered and those who survive such attacks constitute a mere proof that God doesn't exist this is why He left them live after such attacks-- all those people,along with those they witness such events you know, those that british media call bystanders and they discover teeth, nails and pieces of bones on their clothes and hair when they return home, the families and friends of the victims decide to vote for their security and not for the rights of the Palestinians that are not respected even by their leaders.
