י׳ באב ה׳תש״ע (Wednesday 21 July 2010)
Israeli propaganda would have you believe that Israel is a liberal western democracy. Though it’s true that Israel is a democracy – much to our detriment – this society is not western, and there is very little about life here that’s liberal. Israeli citizens are required to carry identification and explain who they are and [...]
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ל׳ במרחשון ה׳תש״ע (Tuesday 17 November 2009)
I was thinking about Half Sigma’s question Why are all the Jews libertarian? and actually came up with an interesting idea: Liberty (I hate the term “libertarianism”) is the Jewish version of conservatism in countries outside Israel. In other words, those Jews who are inclined to become conservatives, either because they’re simply disposed to it [...]
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