I am surprised and disappointed at this. You usually seem to prioritize intellectual honesty, sometimes at an obvious cost. Yet here you seem deliberately disingenuous. How on earth would Israel be like Canada et. al. if these bills pass? Does Canada NOT HAVE A SINGLE CHECK on the absolute power of government other than the court? I mean come on!
Alan, I respect and learn from you. I am sure you have written somewhere, sometime about the tension between a “Jewish State” vs a pluralistic and demographically diverse state in terms of long term goals and vision. What’s your balancing of these apparently contrary outcomes.
I am surprised and disappointed at this. You usually seem to prioritize intellectual honesty, sometimes at an obvious cost. Yet here you seem deliberately disingenuous. How on earth would Israel be like Canada et. al. if these bills pass? Does Canada NOT HAVE A SINGLE CHECK on the absolute power of government other than the court? I mean come on!
Alan, I respect and learn from you. I am sure you have written somewhere, sometime about the tension between a “Jewish State” vs a pluralistic and demographically diverse state in terms of long term goals and vision. What’s your balancing of these apparently contrary outcomes.
.. and could refer me to further reading.
You obviously wrote this before reading Herzog's "compromise." Going by what you wrote here, you will be terribly disappointed.