Bobad,

To addd to my last post, in fact, those Israelis who do protest are usually met by violent angry right wing counter demonstrators who intimidate and harass the dissenters while the police turn a blind eye.

In addition, those Israelis who work in Gaza to try to help alleviate some of the suffering and/or protest their countrys actions/policies are often on the receiving end of IDF brutality.

So I wouldn't go shouting about alleged Israeli state tolerance to dissenting views - they have an image to keep up, but its a struggle for them that they are seeing less and less point in wasting time on, being so sure that they are fully justified.


It was interesting to read about Netanyahu saying recently that as Israeli leader he was burdened with trying to find a balance between the conflicting ideologies of Zionism on the one hand and humanitarianism on the other.

Interesting that the Israelki leader should see these two concerns as distinct and in conflict with one another.

Finding a balance between Zionism and Humanitarianism.

It says that in his view Zionism is non-humanitarian.

This was in the same speech that he spoke about "preserving the jewish character" of Israel.


In the UK, Nick Griffin talks about preserving the British character of England.