Top House Democrats reject Rep. Jayapal's comments calling Israel a 'racist state'

[Beastly Boy]

53. You are judging Israel by American standards.

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Israel is much more diverse politically and culturally than US is. It has to do with immigration coming to Israel from all over the world and the unicameral parliamentary system of government. True, Netanyahu's is the most right wing radical governent in Israel's history, but this is in comparison with the unabashedly socialist governments of the past. Israel has over 120 political parties, with only top 15 or so of them eligible to be represented in the Knesset. Bibi's Likud only gets 32 of the Knesset 120 seats. Bibi's right-wing coalition controls only 64 of the 120 seats.Listening to the American punditry on Israeli politics is like the deaf being lead by the blind. The problem with Bibi is that he has major financial and logistical support from the world's right wing, and Israel's left gets nothing but contempt from the world's left (see the ever-popular "Israel is a racist state" bullshit). This is what keeps Bibi in power.

And no, Netanyahu is NOT trying to eliminate the judiciary branch. See my previous post on that.

Having said all that, none of it is relevant to Pramila's insulting comment, and it is her comment, not Bibi's power play, we are talking about. To that effect, your propositions that the citizens of Israel have no power and that Israel's judiciary is at risk of being eliminated are both false. So is your conclusion (or, rather, an attempted excuse for what Pramila stated) that Bibi IS Israel's government, and therefore Pramila is right to call Israel a racist state. No, she is wrong.