Justice for Jonathan Pollard Abortion, Choice, and Libertarian Principles by Doris Gordon
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A Stable Democracy Requires Probity(Montesquieu)
Could Sharon be risking the Israeli Democracy?By Dr. Noah NissaniTranslated by Ehud Tokatly www.hopeways.org"There is no great share of probity necessary to support a monarchical or despotic government. … But in a popular state one spring more is necessary, namely, virtue". (Montesquieu, "The Spirit of the Laws", Volume i, Book III, Sec. 3, Hafner Press, […]
Liberal Democracy for a Heterogeneous Society
One frequently repeated argument in support of the Oslo agreement asserts that choice must inevitable be made between: 1) a democratic Jewish state within the 1967 borders, and 2) a state endangered by a possible future Arab majority. In the latter case, they say, the state could not be simultaneously Jewish and democratic. This argument […]
The Liberal-Democratic Solution to the Demographic Problem
Translated from Hebrew by Ehud Tokatly http://www.hopeways.org/ "In 2025 – 70% of Israel's population will be Jewish … the Arab population is expected to reach in 2025 … 25% of the population … compared with 19% in 2002" ('Haaretz' 6th April 2005). As the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics (ICBS) released this forecast, everyone woke […]
Jabotinsky Liberal Approach to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Jabotinsky demanded an equitable solution for both peoples…two autonomous peoples sharing the same land and each governing their own personal, cultural and religious lives. Copyright 1996 — Authorized free distribution of non-modified copies for non-commercial purposes. TAKE NOTE: Political terminology takes on different meanings in different times and different places. "Liberal" is used here in […]