Comments on: Public demands social justice, gov’t prefers to attack democracy http://972mag.com/the-people-demand-social-justice-the-government-prefers-to-attack-democracy/27540/ Independent commentary and news from Israel & Palestine Sat, 25 May 2013 23:31:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: RichardNYC http://972mag.com/the-people-demand-social-justice-the-government-prefers-to-attack-democracy/27540/comment-page-1/#comment-30294 RichardNYC Mon, 14 Nov 2011 02:45:31 +0000 http://972mag.com/?p=27540#comment-30294 @LOUIS Yeah, I remember when the Ayatollahs limited foreign funding for Iranian human rights NGO's. THAT'S when everyone knew it wasn't a democracy. @LOUIS
Yeah, I remember when the Ayatollahs limited foreign funding for Iranian human rights NGO’s. THAT’S when everyone knew it wasn’t a democracy.

]]> By: Louis http://972mag.com/the-people-demand-social-justice-the-government-prefers-to-attack-democracy/27540/comment-page-1/#comment-30211 Louis Sun, 13 Nov 2011 14:53:39 +0000 http://972mag.com/?p=27540#comment-30211 Is anyone keeping score here? If this were a boxing match it seems that the Israeli Government has democracy on the ropes, bleeding from its mouth, nose and eyes and about to go down for an 8 count... the problem is that the ref. seems to have allowed the Israeli Government to use lead weighted boxing gloves and to have spiked Democracy's water bottle...(I hate to use the boxing analogy it is so violent, but so too is the Occupation so it is fitting). Is anyone keeping score here? If this were a boxing match it seems that the Israeli Government has democracy on the ropes, bleeding from its mouth, nose and eyes and about to go down for an 8 count… the problem is that the ref. seems to have allowed the Israeli Government to use lead weighted boxing gloves and to have spiked Democracy’s water bottle…(I hate to use the boxing analogy it is so violent, but so too is the Occupation so it is fitting).

]]> By: Richard Witty http://972mag.com/the-people-demand-social-justice-the-government-prefers-to-attack-democracy/27540/comment-page-1/#comment-30197 Richard Witty Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:41:28 +0000 http://972mag.com/?p=27540#comment-30197 Keep at it. Keep making common cause around social/economic issues that cross ethnic lines: Palestinian Israeli, Sephardi Israeli, Ashkenazi Israeli. Start new parties and participate more effectively in existing. Non-nationalist parties like Hadash or Avram Burg's proposals. Keep the content on social issues, so that new governance can emerge. To the extent that Israel/Palestine is the subject of dissent, security will be the primary basis of electoral response, and that will be towards risk-aversion, thereby electing likud. Keep at it. Keep making common cause around social/economic issues that cross ethnic lines: Palestinian Israeli, Sephardi Israeli, Ashkenazi Israeli.

Start new parties and participate more effectively in existing.

Non-nationalist parties like Hadash or Avram Burg’s proposals.

Keep the content on social issues, so that new governance can emerge.

To the extent that Israel/Palestine is the subject of dissent, security will be the primary basis of electoral response, and that will be towards risk-aversion, thereby electing likud.

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