Eli, thanks for your explanation, you definitely make some valid points.
Like you, I also do think that Israel, as any other democratic country in this world has the right to "afford" some parties on the extreme (left or right) of the political spectrum, yes she even has the right to "afford" parties with racist views, as we do in Europe (at least as long as they remain a small minority).
You should definitely not be measured on a different standard when it comes to this question.
I was more wondering why there is not more public outrcry about those elements of the Israeli society who are (be it openly, or more hidden) preaching racism, and I am only won- dering, because since the horror of the Nazi- racism, only 70 years have past.
By the way, no doubt, there is also plenty of racism (against Jews) in the Arab world, which deserves the same condemnation. |
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