Israel - The 'Functioning Democracy'?

[zengrifter]

Israel - The 'Functioning Democracy'

By Mary Sparrowdancer
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7-2-7 | rense.com

For those of us who have been wondering what, exactly, "Israel" is, and why the US has been funneling billions of our tax dollars into Israel in support of this increasingly belligerent, unaccountable, terrorist state, president Bush recently clarified matters in a speech given at the Naval War College, in Newport, R.I.. There, he held Israel up as a shining example of a "functioning democracy" that other countries in the Middle East should emulate.

It is not clear what Bush's definition of a "democracy" is, but if it describes a sort of racially biased, elitist state in which only certain, select, members of the state have all rights, and the rest of the inhabitants are considered subhuman with no rights whatsoever, then the word, "democracy," is currently undergoing a change in meaning. The above is a fairly good description of Nazi, Germany, and strangely enough, it now also describes Israel. It appears that the "democracy" word these days is popularly used to suggest any cause that one wants to portray as "noble" and "just" rather than actually describing the carnage that is reality. The word, "democracy" is now a sales tool. Anyone with a progressive agenda will want to use this word these days, but unfortunately, the word now more correctly describes Communism, which is a word that is no longer popular.

In Palestine, the Palestinians are not recognized as citizens by Israel and they have no individual rights at all. They have no right even to their own personal property, and the loss of such rights is the telling marker of a communist takeover. Israel has been taking Palestinian rights and lands since 1948, when Zionists announced its new state within Palestine. In order to better understand the horrifying situation that the Palestinians have been enduring for over sixty years, one must first understand the meanings of various other sales tool words such as "settlements," and "occupation." Like "democracy," they mean something other than what they imply.

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[moo321]

Israelis have access to courts, religious freedom, the right to vote. What about in Arab countries? Women have no rights in most places. There is religious law, so you're ****ed if you're not a Muslim.

What do you think would happen to me if I went to a street corner in Tehran and proclaimed the love of Jesus for all mankind? There's a decent chance I would be killed, and at the very least arrested and/or beaten. Now what would happen if I went to a street corner in Tel Aviv and handed out Bible tracts, or began preaching? Worst case scenario I get made fun of.