Israel’s Shaky Democracy Continues to Crumble
Jacobin · 1 hour ago

In July 1950, speaking at the annual Zionist Organization of America convention, US Vice President Alben W. Barkley that Israel was “an oasis of liberty in the desert of despotism,” articulating a precursor to the oft-repeated adage “Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East.” While the…
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