April 12, 2012

Upgrading Israel's Democracy

Jay Bushinsky, Jerusalem Post

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Israel’s most popular political slogan – “The People Want Social Justice” – needs two more words: “For All.” In the American context, those two words confirm the Pledge of Allegiance’s definition of the US as a truly democratic republic based on liberty and justice for all its citizens.

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