No, Israeli Democracy Is Not in Danger
Apocalyptic rhetoric about Israeli (and American) elections ignores reality.
November 7, 2022
Hopes for a resumption of the nuclear agreement are “a slap in the face of Iranian women and men putting their lives on the line.”
While neither the U.S. nor the EU is in a position to bring down the Islamic Republic, argues Yalda Zarbakhch, neither ought to be providing financial or diplomatic incentives to a government that supports terrorism around the world and is currently in the midst of a ruthless crackdown on its own people. Yet, as Zarbakhch notes, Western reactions to the ongoing protests have been decidedly mixed:
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Login or SubscribeApocalyptic rhetoric about Israeli (and American) elections ignores reality.
There are those on both the right and the left who wish to “employ government to regulate faith.”
Hopes for a resumption of the nuclear agreement are “a slap in the face of Iranian women and men putting their lives on the line.”
And their betrayal during World War II.
Hezekiah’s monumental inscription?