#Democracy

INTO THE FRAY: Time to bar the Joint List

 For your perusal, my latest INTO THE FRAY column Time to bar the Joint List (Kindly consider “liking”, sharing, tweeting – please use hash-tag ‪#‎IntoFray) The tenets of “defensive democracy” require Israel to act against those who would use its democracy to undermine the very foundations on which it is founded It appears this week on […]

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INTO THE FRAY: Iniquitous indictments for invented infractions

For your perusal, my latest INTO THE FRAY column Iniquitous indictments for invented infractions (Kindly consider “liking”, sharing, tweeting – please use hash-tag ‪#‎IntoFray) Despite his remarkable success, Netanyahu has been ceaselessly assailed by his political adversaries. Indeed, it is perhaps his very success that has generated such raw rancor against him   It appears this […]

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INTO THE FRAY: In Israel & America – Choreographed coups with the law as a prop

For your perusal, my latest INTO THE FRAY column In Israel & America – Choreographed coups with the law as a prop (Kindly consider “liking”, sharing, tweeting – please use hash-tag ‪#‎IntoFray) Despite the dramatic physical, societal and political differences between Israel and the US, in both countries a very similar—and disturbing—assault on the fabric of […]

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INTO THE FRAY: Israel’s dysfunctional electorate?

For your perusal, my latest INTO THE FRAY column Israel’s dysfunctional electorate? (Kindly consider “liking”, sharing, tweeting – please use hash-tag ‪#‎IntoFray) Despite its many undoubted merits, democracy has one glaring detriment. There is never a dictator to blame for the fate that befalls the people. They alone are responsible for whatever befalls them.   It […]

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INTO THE FRAY: Israel’s High Court-When Legality loses its legitimacy

 For your perusal, my latest INTO THE FRAY column Israel’s High Court-When Legality loses its legitimacy (Kindly consider “liking”, sharing, tweeting – please use hash-tag ‪#‎IntoFray)  In overturning a previous decision of the Knesset’s Central Elections Committee, the High Court took another giant step towards further undermining the already dwindling public confidence in the Israeli judiciary.   […]

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