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The real threat to Israeli democracy

The real threat to Israeli democracy

Universalism has undermined it from both inside and out

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Melanie Phillips
Mar 03, 2023
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Israelis protest in Tel Aviv against judicial reform

The huge demonstrations that continue in Israel and turned violent this week are fuelled by the claim that the government’s judicial reform package spells the end of Israeli democracy.

It is, of course, beyond nonsensical to try to bring down a democratically elected government with calls for “bloodshed…

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