As we used to say when we were kids, if your grandmother had wheels she would be a bus.

Yes, Israel's democracy is under threat, very much fueled by those same external forces impact other western countries, social media and such.

The interest of the free world. In my opinion. Is to promote freedom and not give power to countries that are not free or democratic (which is most of the world). The UN primarily represents the non-free forces and its institutions similarly the same.

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/523711/Iran-elected-as-vice...

We need to fight for democracy in Israel and the US just the same way we fight for it everywhere.

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elzbardico 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Israel is a ethno-state and an apartheid regime. Don’t call this a Democracy, please.

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YZF 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It is a democracy within its legal internationally recognized borders. There is no apartheid in Israel. It's no more "ethno-state" than let's say Japan or Switzerland, in fact it is a lot more ethnically diverse with 2 million Arab citizens.

There is the problem of the occupied territories (which Israel's law considers occupied in alignment with international practices) where people in limbo due to the unresolved status. That's not apartheid (despite Israeli citizens being treated differently in those territories). Maybe legally and morally questionable but how we got here and why we can't fix this is also relevant.

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reliabilityguy 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Israel is a ethno-state and an apartheid regime. Don’t call this a Democracy, please.

Ireland and Poland (as well as many other countries) are ethno-states too. Did they stop being democracies?

Last I checked, the vote of israeli non-Jews counted the same way as the israeli Jewish one.

How can Israel be an apartheid state if Arabs in Israel routinely take highest positions in both public and private sector? It makes zero sense.

	▲	elzbardico 36 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		No. Poland is not an ethno state, neither Ireland.

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csmpltn 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> "Israel is a ethno-state and an apartheid regime. Don’t call this a Democracy, please."

This is absolutely and categorically false by any standard not directly set by islamists or their woke buddies.