"There are two population groups in one region, one of which possesses all the rights and protections, while the other is deprived of rights and is ruled by the first group. This is a flagrantly undemocratic situation."
Israel has long bragged that it was the "only democracy in the Middle East." Schocken concludes that that designation is not true. The current state of Israel has allowed Gush Eminum to drive his country into a "flagrantly undemocratic situation."
Note : The picture above is Palestinian laborers walking past a billboard advertising a new housing project in the Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim in the occupied West Bank as they head home on June 7, 2009. The sign reads, in part: "Highland. Apartments with a view in Maale Adumim -- Watching the view from the front row." (MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images) The picture is from Boston.com.
Cross-posted from Wallwritings
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