
The Critical State of Israel (Robert Wright & Daniel Levy)
Robert Wright's Nonzero
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The Disconnect Between Israel's Demonstrations and the Palestinians
The Prime Minister is on trial. As you say, he clearly wants leverage there. Burgligh there is an important part of the coalition that is the ultra orthodox population, the Haredi population and they have their own reason which slightly linked to the first one on Palestinians. You have this disconnect between a narrative of democratic state doing just great along comes a hard line politician versus what you've seen in for instance the reports of blue chip international human rights groups amnesty human rights watch. This is a huge disconnect and it's also why you haven't seen almost entirely the participation of 20% of Israel citizens the Palestinian citizens of Israel in these demonstrations.
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