Arab Nazareth, Israeli Democracy--Bundist Dreams

[mudplanet]

No, the real question is whether any democracy can implement the kind of visionary federal arrangements Israel will need--not only with a Palestinian state, but with its own Arab minority--to survive as a vital, global and Hebrew democracy. The answer is yes, at least in principle. When you think about it, Europe's biggest national Jewish movement of the interwar period might serve as inspiration, if not as a model. But is there the time, let alone the will, to try in today's Israel, with its growing, orthodox right? Can Israelis be expected to muddle through by themselves?

http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/12/31/arab_nazareth_israeli_democracy--bundist_dreams/

[leveymg]

1. Maybe the EU will need that ABM shield to fend off missiles from the Middle East, after all.

Only, with talk about European Jews intervening to save Israel from the orthodox right, the incoming ICBMs won't be from Iran.