Tornado Alley (PROG)

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Was America a democracy during slavery? How about when dark skin people and women couldn't vote? Or when we were saving Native Americans from savagery? Would you say we've only been a democracy since about 1964, when the Voting Rights Act was passed?

I'd disregard your mention of the Voting Rights Act, since that only enforced what was already law. As to your other questions, you would have to say the country was not a democracy when that many of the inhabitants weren't allowed a vote. I'm surprised you would have to ask that.

But you miss the entire point. Israel is not now a Democracy. It was their problem in 1948, when the solution was to drive out sufficient numbers of Palestinian Arabs that they would be assured of a Jewish super majority. But as they've acquired more and more territory, they're faced with that problem again. Levy's point those many years ago, was that Israel had already decided against a 2-state solution. He was correct. A Palestinian state is no longer possible. For better or worse, Israel includes the West Bank, Gaza and the Golan Heights... as well as that little area of Southeast Lebanon... (Shebaa Farms) And if the inhabitants of your are not allowed to vote, then your country is not a democracy. It is an apartheid regime.

Israel can be a Jewish state, or it can be a democracy. It cannot be both. That ship sailed some time ago.

Of course I imagine in your mind Gideon Levy probably just hates Jews. Because that seems to be your answer to anyone who's able to see Israel with clear eyes.

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You love to point out that millions of Israelis are protesting the current political reality. What you never add, is that you fundamentally disagree with them.