Adopting a Middle Eastern Model, Americans Have Become Infatuated with Crowd Politics
No, this isn’t what democracy looks like.
January 27, 2017
Whether of Bedouin or settlers.
In Israel, a bitter controversy has been raging for several weeks over the government’s decision—finally executed last week—to destroy homes built illegally in the Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran in the Negev. Moshe Arens draws some parallels to other happenings in Israel, recent and less recent, and calls for a rethink:
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Login or SubscribeNo, this isn’t what democracy looks like.
The only U.S. ally that insists on defending itself.
Whether of Bedouin or settlers.
The God that is or the God that becomes?
Mind your own business.