lol, the comments are diverse .. a Talkback on 31.Title: Here is the problem ..
Name: Janice The problem is that Israel proclaims to the world that it is a democratic state. It has never proclaimed that it is a democratic state only for its Jewish population. Should it do that then Israel would have to be considered a theocracy, not a democracy.
No one considers either Saudi Arabia or Iran to be democracies and, unlike Israel, they do not proclaim themselves as such.
If a large percentage of Israel`s population are non-Jews, as they are, and they are not considered as equals to the Jewish population with all the same rights as Jewish population, then Israel cannot be considered to be a democratic country. I`m sorry to say that even from its inception Israel has never been a tolerant country. Maybe that has been the source of many of its problems. ............................................................... One other on Israel 'democracy' .. CounterPunch .. January 25, 2003 .. Israeli Democracy Fact or Fiction? .. http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?Message_id=42813578&txt2find=israel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AHA! .. the one i was referring to with ..
Presidential and parliamentary elections are scheduled for January next year, but are widely expected to be delayed until June at the earliest because of a deep rift between the West Bank, run by Abbas's Fatah movement, and Gaza, run by its Islamist rival, Hamas. An election in both areas is unlikely without a reconciliation between the factions, but that has proved increasingly elusive.
Fatah, Hamas and Flawed Language .. War Without Context By RAMZY BAROUD
From a distance, the struggle between Hamas and Fatah appears commonplace, a typical third world country’s political scuffle over interpretation of democracy that went out of control, or simply a ‘power struggle’ between two political rivals vying for international aid and recognition. In fact, the conflict may appear as if it popped out of nowhere and will continue as long as the seemingly power-hungry Palestinians carry on with their self-defeating fight.
Therefore, it’s typical to read such deceptive news reports as that of Ibrahim Barzak of the Associated Press: “Hundreds of Palestinian patients have been trapped in the Gaza Strip, unable to travel abroad for crucial treatment for cancer and other diseases, because of political infighting between Gaza's militant Hamas rulers and their Palestinian rivals.”
Such sinister terminology as “Gaza’s Hamas rulers” – which happened to refer to a democratically elected government – is now in common use, in most Western news agencies, and those who readily recycle their reports. .. continued .. http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/replies.aspx?msg=42525096
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