Comments on: Israeli High Court Overturns Arab Party Ban

By: fredw

fredw — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 05:51:37 +0000

yetanotherjohn - there are no more Jewish political parties in Gaza than there were Nazi political parties in the Warsaw ghetto, and for the same reasons.

I am a fairly harsh critic of Israel, but this supreme court decision goes a long way towards convincing me that Israel may someday be a real democracy. There are some rational people in Israel, it is only the fundamentalists running things that are screwed up - kind of like Iran.

By: yetanotherjohn

yetanotherjohn — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:21:07 +0000

Checks and balances. Democratic nations tend to have them. What's the status of Jewish political parties in Gaza?

By: tom p

tom p — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:17:42 +0000

Definitely a good move, but I’m not sure it will undo the damage to Israel’s reputation that came from putting forward the ban in the first place.

Yes there are some sane voices in Israel too (more than a few, I might add). If one believes in Democracy, one must believe in democracy for all.

By: caj

caj — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:30:01 +0000

I wonder why they did it...not that it is a bad move at all but you have wonder at the timing!!!!
Is it to make Israel look more favorably in Pres Obama's eyes after the carnage caused by them in Gaza?
We'll see!!