Comments on Let's Take a Deeper Look: On Being Jewish and Democratic

Proponents of the Demagraphic Time bomb theory pro...

2005-04-08T16:49:00.000+10:00

Proponents of the Demagraphic Time bomb theory propose a scenario which would seemingly spell the end of the Zionist Dream of a predominately Jewish democratic state. They say that between the Jordan river and the Mediterranean Sea the demagraphics are stacked against Israel. That in some time in the near future (a decade or even 5 years) the number of Arabs will outnumber the Jews. On this

What saddens me is the hypocritical way in which t...

2005-02-26T03:31:00.000+11:00

What saddens me is the hypocritical way in which the goal of "Democracy" for Israel is being pursued in a very undemocratic way. Israelis voted for a Sharon Government that ran on a very different platform to that of Labour. Now that Sharon has appropriated Mitzna's platform, and entered into a coalition with Labour, shouldn't a referendum be not just a polite courtesy, but an absolute necessity

Hi Alan, When debating highly sensitive and emoti...

2005-02-21T00:35:00.000+11:00

Hi Alan,

When debating highly sensitive and emotional issues such as these, it is very important to listen carefully to what the other side is saying. Often, one assumes that a person is going to take a position because of his supposed allegiance to a particular point of view. As a result, before they have even had a chance of saying anything, one has already "tainted" their words with

Dear Rabbi, Your reply to Major General Uzi Daya...

2005-02-20T18:50:00.000+11:00

Dear Rabbi,

Your reply to Major General Uzi Dayan does not surprise me. However, the question of what to do about the many complex issues that the modern State of Israel has to deal with, must rest in the end with the democratically elected government of the day, whether we like it or not. A secular democracy is what Israel is and will remain for the forseeable future. Until such time