ok. you do the news! However, 2 recounts show that GWB had won by 1000 votes. the intentions of Pat’s voters are nothing but speculation. as you say about intentions in your country: "haderech legehinom retzufa bekavanot tovot"
have a happy new year and thank you for you response.

P.S. I have lived in your country half my live and I can tell you that it feels a lot better to live in a country that has a constitution and respect for human rights. Israel will get there one day (I hope) when religious sentiments subside. but then again, maybe not…

The U.S. Supreme Court based on their interpretation of the CONSTITUTION rightfully certified the election results. As you may recall it was a split decision with some powerful dissenting opinions. Please don’t try to analyze my response as typical Republican response. A. I am an Independent (not Republican not Democrat. B. By doing so you only make my point that there are a lot of similarities between American and Israeli pseudo-intellectuals.

As for human rights: Israel does have a strong human rights record as the only democratic country in the Middle East. However, you have a long way to go to reach the human rights level in the U.S.A.

Yes. America had it’s problems and made great progress in the last 250 years..
Israel was on the right track for many years; not any more though. This makes me sad and I hope things will get better for you. In order to make any progress, the first step must be writing a constitution.

I’m afraid you are wrong. Most western European countries do have a constitution. A constitution, however, does not necessarily make a country civilized or enlightened. I would not say that most European countries have a better human rights record than Israel. No at all!

Nogah,

I agree with everything you stated in your post. Including “haton hamitnase…”
(can’t help it, spent too much time in Israel… just kidding)

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