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democracy in fraction
Israel has an electoral system based on nation-wide proportional representation. What that means is lots of fringe parties and never a majority government. Every government is a coalition. The number of seats which every list receives in the Knesset is … Continue reading
forced shrinkage
That they tend to be narrow-minded, petty, self-righteous, sexist and parasitical is a notwithstanding issue. The point is the Haredim as they are called, the ultra-orthodox tend to be sprouting lie like proverbial tomatoes at the end of summer, falling … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Amir Peleg, chaim weizmann, David Ben Gurion, Felix Frankfurter, Hedjaz Delegation, Jeff Halper ICAHD, Lawrence of Arabia, Lee Kotzel, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Martin Gilbert, meir margalit, Meir Margalit Meretz party, Patricia O'Toole, Tal law exemption, Yaron London, Yossi Sarid, Yuda Braun artist
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divine claims from the secular spirits
Guides for the perplexed? The narcissism of small differences? Christopher Hitchens did write a book called Be Prepared for the Worst. So, even in an atheist like Hitchens there is a little ping somewhere. There is a famous quote by … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged Chaim Soutine, chaim weizmann, Christopher Hitchens, Clement Greenberg, e.p. sanders, isaac deutscher, Jackson Pollock, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Marc Chagall, Martin Buber, mother teresa, Pablo Picasso, rabbi pinchas scheinberg, Rosa Luxemburg
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it was just about a stupid car
The Shalit release, basically puts the spotlight back on Israel in terms of public relations. Its a subject that receives far too much coverage, yet at the same time, the state also permits the citizens of the world to work … Continue reading
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