Join the Neo-Zionist
Revolution!

  • Receive our Kummunique:
    unique and informative emails
    about events, articles, and info
    to keep you in touch.

Kumah Mascots

Kumah Awards

*** THE ALIYAH REVOLUTION ALBUM ***

Monday, January 12, 2004

Israeli Democracy


Sharon had a pretty surprising reaction to yesterday's rally against withdrawing from settlements:
Sharon reacted to the demonstration by saying that "Israel is a democracy," and that "things are decided not by demonstrators, but by the government." "I believe that to reach peace, Israel will not be able to hold all the Jewish communities," he told a Jerusalem press conference.

I think the point of a democracy is that, in the long term, things are decided by the demonstrators, i.e., the public. The government is supposed to represent the people. Of course, once elected, the only thing preventing the government from going against the will of the public is the next election. Still, it's a pretty chutzpadik dirision of a major public protest. It really just fuels the assumption that I think most Israelis have, which is that they have absolutely no say in the decisions of the government.






0 Comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]

<< Home