Theocracy in Action: Now With a 100% More Wing-Nuts!!

[evildevil]

Israel's Ultra-Orthodox Reject the Diaspora, Threatening to Split World Jewry

A Jew is a Jew is a Jew. Except when he or she is not.

Just ask Joel Chasnoff, a man who immigrated to Israel, joined the army, fought in Lebanon, then discovered the state didn't consider him Jewish.

In 1950, Israel, the Jewish state passed the Law of Return,

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[dragoon1940]

Don't worry guys, Israel is totally the only trustworthy and democratic state in the Middle East! Nothing crazy could possibly happen there!

[honeymane]

Israelpedia, the other trustworthy wiki.

[slurp]

Does this really need to happen in every single post containing anything to do with Israel?

[dragoon1940]

Mocking the rhetoric of those who defend Israel based on the fact that it's the "only Western democracy" in the Middle East? Yes.

What could go wrong?!

[taiki]

It's not like Israel's a theocracy or anything.

[lifeisnutty]

bills like this make me want to tear my hair out. But we all have extremists. I don't see this being passed.

[taiki]

Unfortunately, in the West, those extremists largely don't have a state sponsorship.

I've noticed in the West it tends to be that moderates are in secular power, whereas in Israel it's the far far far right that does.

[kerrypolka]

Unfortunately, in the West, those extremists largely don't have a state sponsorship.

US...A?

[slurp]

Let's see. In the US, there's never been a president that isn't Christian and doesn't mentioned God in his speeches. In Israel, there has never been a religious prime minister.

[muppetfromhell]

All other things being equal (I remain steadfastly on the side of "neverending quagmire I choose selfishly to avoid and do not debate"), I kind of want to email this to all of the people who can't possibly understand why I have no interest in Birthright.

[janetmweiss]

neverending quagmire I choose selfishly to avoid and do not debate

Bingo. I am never, ever going to rid myself of incredible amounts of bias on this issue, so I am just going to shut up and never talk about it. But I've had relatives have a fit over my not taking "my" Birthright trip.

[dreammeanyway]

Birthright?

[dreammeanyway]

sorry for light-hearted icon, set on default.

[bludstone]

Sounds about right for isreali government. ugh.