Comments on: Israel’s Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Arab Nationalist Parties http://blog.z-word.com/2009/01/israels-supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-arab-nationalist-parties/ Commentary about Zionism, anti-Zionism, antisemitism and the conflict in the Middle East Tue, 22 May 2012 16:26:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5-RC1.1 By: Noga http://blog.z-word.com/2009/01/israels-supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-arab-nationalist-parties/#comment-3340 Noga Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:17:39 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=935#comment-3340 "...how can you establish a democracy in a non-secular state (assuming Israel is a Jewish state), doesn’t that put the Jews above everyone else?" It's true that Israel is a non-secular state, at least as far as its Jewish citizens are concerned. It's very frustrating not to have public transportation widely available on Shabbat, when one wants desperately to go to the beach and has no one to drive them there. It's also disturbing that most retaurants serving non-kosher food tend to be very expensive and off limits to most Jews in live Israel. To say nothing about when an Israeli man who happens to bear the name Cohen or Rapaport or Katz, cannot marry a divorced woman, because antiquated Jewish law restricts his choices. I have great hopes that the first and third of my examples will disappear as soon as possible. There are ways to circumvent these restrictions but they are usually quite expensive (take a cab, go abroad to get married or ask Shulamit Aloni to marry you). I don't think much can be done about the restaurants, though. Maybe a deep recession may force them to lower their prices. “…how can you establish a democracy in a non-secular state (assuming Israel is a Jewish state), doesn’t that put the Jews above everyone else?”

It’s true that Israel is a non-secular state, at least as far as its Jewish citizens are concerned. It’s very frustrating not to have public transportation widely available on Shabbat, when one wants desperately to go to the beach and has no one to drive them there. It’s also disturbing that most retaurants serving non-kosher food tend to be very expensive and off limits to most Jews in live Israel. To say nothing about when an Israeli man who happens to bear the name Cohen or Rapaport or Katz, cannot marry a divorced woman, because antiquated Jewish law restricts his choices.

I have great hopes that the first and third of my examples will disappear as soon as possible. There are ways to circumvent these restrictions but they are usually quite expensive (take a cab, go abroad to get married or ask Shulamit
Aloni to marry you). I don’t think much can be done about the restaurants, though. Maybe a deep recession may force them to lower their prices.

]]> By: David http://blog.z-word.com/2009/01/israels-supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-arab-nationalist-parties/#comment-3335 David Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:01:29 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=935#comment-3335 If only the Supreme Court had power over the Gaza incident. Also, bare in mind, a democracy is worth nothing if it alows for segrigation in the first place. Furthermore, how can you establish a democracy in a non-secular state (assuming Israel is a Jewish state), doesn't that put the Jews above everyone else? If only the Supreme Court had power over the Gaza incident. Also, bare in mind, a democracy is worth nothing if it alows for segrigation in the first place.

Furthermore, how can you establish a democracy in a non-secular state (assuming Israel is a Jewish state), doesn’t that put the Jews above everyone else?

]]> By: Noga http://blog.z-word.com/2009/01/israels-supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-arab-nationalist-parties/#comment-3326 Noga Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:05:40 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=935#comment-3326 The courts in Israel are always too independent minded for the anti-Israel blogs and websites. They disappoint their expectations and frustrate the stereotype they try to push as Israel's image. If the courts actually work and achieve fairness and justice, how can there be victims? And if there are no victims, how can they persist in vilifying the villain? The courts in Israel are always too independent minded for the anti-Israel blogs and websites. They disappoint their expectations and frustrate the stereotype they try to push as Israel’s image.

If the courts actually work and achieve fairness and justice, how can there be victims? And if there are no victims, how can they persist in vilifying the villain?

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