This post is written in response to two articles in the April 13 print edition of The Economist, both under the Leaders section: ‘Israel’s election, Bibi the conjuror’ and ‘Elections in Indonesia, The …
Corruption and Constitutional Retrogression In Israel by H. Upchurch
At the end of February, Benjamin Netanyahu drew condemnations from all over the world for a deal that would bring a Kahanist party into the Knesset if his coalition prevails in the coming …
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Israel: Democracy or Ethnocracy? By Max Mapes @ Skidmore College
What Is Israel? The state of Israel is a small country—about the size of New Jersey—in the Middle East. It borders the Mediterranean Sea, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria. The country also borders, …
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Israeli – Gaza Border Protests @ University of Memphis
Throughout history, the use of force by the state of Israel for self-defense has long been controversial. Just in the past week, peaceful Palestinian protestors took to the Israeli-Gaza border. Also …
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Settler use of Privately-Owned Palestinian Land and Israeli Democracy by DH @ the University of Memphis
Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit, on Wednesday, reconfirmed Israeli Supreme Court’s decision that Israeli authorities could expropriate privately owned Palestinian land for public use for Jewish …
For God or Country? Religion and Israeli Democracy by Matthew Jarrell @ Brown University
Israel is a small nation, about the size of New York City in population and the state of New Jersey in land area. It was established in 1948 as a Jewish state, and its national symbols, institutions, …
