Hello Steve,

>GP>Since when did I say that? Israel has never, since 1948 been
"Jews only"
>GP>-- it's a DEMOACRACY (look that up!) the only one in the Middle East,
>GP>ever!

>LL>Israel is a theocracy, and no democracy.  A Zionist theocracy,
>LL>having nothing to do with religious Judaism.  Of course, the
>LL>Zionists use Judaism as an excuse to exclude non-Jews from
>LL>participating in their "democracy".

SA>I have to disagree with that. Israel is a multi-party parliamentiary
SA>(knesset) democracy.

Really?  Lemme see if I got this right -

Israel has no written constitution.
Israel has no bill of rights.

The government of Israel, at least in part, is actually a theocracy,
given that all Jewish residents come under the authority of rabbinical
courts in the areas of domestic and social relations.  For details,
see the Rabbinical Courts Jurisdiction Law of 1953.  An example of how
tyrannical this law is, proselytizing by Christians and others
(non-Jews) is a crime punishable by five years in prison.

SA>Some religious parties would prefer a theocracy, and exercise
SA>influence by entering into coalitions with the larger parties to form
SA>a government.

Yeah, right.  But in Israel it all comes down to two groups - Labor
and Likud.  Labor (secular Zionism) and Labor (messianic Zionism) are
really two faces of the same coin.  Nothing more.  Secular Zionists
profess a humane and compromising form of Zionism, accepting the idea
of the partition of Palestine, and willing to trade land for peace.
Messianic Zionists are more direct, and to the point, their core belief
and guiding prinicple being the Jewish claim to Eretz Yisrael.

In Hebrew, Ebretz Yisrael means "Land of Israel", a phrase implying
Jewish rule over all of Palestine, as well as Jordan and other areas.
IOW, all the land between the Nile and the Euphrates rivers.

SA>Arabs can be, and are, elected to the Knesset.

Window dressing.

SA>There isn't a lot of detail on the Knesset web site,

No shit.  Why not try the AIPAC web site?  You can get all the Jewish
propaganda you want on that site.  And more.  :)

SA>but Wikipedia is informative -
SA>Israeli law forbids registration of anti-democratic, racist or
SA>anti-Zionist parties, such as Kach party, which was disqualified for
SA>wanting to evict Arab population from Israel, abolish democracy &
SA>establish a theocracy.

While Israel tries to present a secular face to the world, it is in
actuality a theocratic state for Jews.  While professing to allow Arabs
(and please notice the wording, Arabs rather than Muslims or Christians)
to be elected to the Knesset, at no time will Israel ever allow an Arab
(Muslim or Christian) to be elected Prime Minister.

--Lee


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