Reply #9: The problem is democracy, Muddle [View All]

[Jack Rabbit]

True, the Palestinians don't wish to be counted as Israelis. Nor do they want their land to be counted as Israeli. At least that's consistant.

The Israeli right, however, doesn't want to count Palestinians as Israelis, either. The land on which they live is another matter.

The problem is that in a democratic society, one cannot go without the other. Either all born in and living in the state have equal rights or the state is not a democracy.

The IDI study is correct to conclude that if we are speaking of Greater Israel, then there is no democracy. That is, unless one consideres apartheid South Africa a democracy. I don't.