Published: 15 October 2016
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked’s claim that the more Jewish Israel becomes, the more democratic it will be, actually challenges the Zionist idea of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state.
And see:
This home belongs to all of us, Jews and Arabs alike – Haaretz Editorial 10.10.16
Precisely because Israel wants to be a home for the Jewish people demands that its leaders show empathy for the impossible situation of the Arab minority. By boycotting the Joint List in the Knesset, Netanyahu is shaming Israeli democracy. [Netanyahu approved last week a proposal by his Defence Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, to boycott speeches and appearances by Arab members of the Knesset during full sessions.]
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