Four Questions About Israeli Democracy
Edited transcript of the Eidelberg Report, Israel National Radio, August 20, 2007.
Four questions need to be answered:
1. What gives Israel the reputation of being a democracy?
2. Who profits from this reputation?
3. Does Israel deserve this reputation?
4. Does Israel’s democratic reputation undermine Judaism?
Simply stated, what gives Israel a reputation for being a democracy is periodic multiparty elections. Since democracy is today’s standard of what is good and bad, Israel’s ruling elites—politicians and judges, academics and journalists—profit from Israel’s democratic reputation. (more…)
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