Israel and France have both been flooded with mass protests in recent weeks, but the differences are striking, telling and important. Demonstrations in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and throughout Israel against proposed judicial reforms have been peaceful and generally orderly.
The axis of conflict is different. French riots and US BLM riots are both fundamentally ethnic and class conflicts. There is no ethnic or class conflict over this issue in Israel. This is entirely an intra-Jewish issue, with one side enlisting some Israeli Arabs to help. As such, the conflict will naturally tend to less extremes and less violence, as race and class are about the two most powerful axes that can divide any group.
Israel does have an ethnic minority (the Palestinians) who do regularly engage in violent conflict, and the Israeli govt responds likewise. In fact, this ethnic conflict is far deadlier than the ethnic conflicts in the US or France.
Alan, this issue is far more deeper than what you expressed. To change the subject with you permission; I'm asking In God's name, for you to once again represent Trump. 2024 is a pivotal year. It will determine weather the United States stays as a free nation, or a nation that's been changed in to a Communist/Socialist nation. Look at the way the left is sabotaging our election system. Look how those who are in charge for up holing the law are totally corrupt and use the law for their discretion . They are afraid of Trump and that means a great deal. Again, in God's name represent Trump once again. Dare to be a Danial, dare to stand alone for what is right . Those who you thought were your friends, are your enemies now. Dare to do the right thing and stand in history as one of the individuals who saved America.
Israel is surrounded by real enemies while Leftist dominated countries like France, America, the UK, and other western EU member states have large swaths of citizens who hate their own country and view their countrymen as enemies rather than political opponents. America has managed assimilation better than any country by far, but, never had to deal with such a large number of immigrants in such a short period of time.
In my opinion the left in the United States and in Israel are ginning up the conflicts in league with the press and despite their screams and protests that their opponents are ushering in the end of democracy it is they that are willing to use illegal means to bring about what they want rather than accept that in a democracy one doesn't always prevail. Many of the problems stem from the fact that both leaders, Trump and Netanyahu are hated by a sizeable minority of the population but a majority of the institutions and with both countries facing huge and dangerous problems, especially Israel, the left still seems willing to cut off their noses to spite their faces to get Netanyahu and Trump either locked up or at least unable to govern or get elected. Case in point, in Israel, the current protests in Israel about "the reasonableness clause " just overturned rightly I believe, to partially curb an overly broad judiciary is causing so much distress on the left that they now think the country is sliding into authoritarianism. In reality that clause was never in existence in the form it is now but has been expanding since the 1980s or so. Of course the labor party was in control until they lost in a landslide in 1977 to Likud. What a coincidence that the left started to expand judicial power so soon after losing the legislature.
The axis of conflict is different. French riots and US BLM riots are both fundamentally ethnic and class conflicts. There is no ethnic or class conflict over this issue in Israel. This is entirely an intra-Jewish issue, with one side enlisting some Israeli Arabs to help. As such, the conflict will naturally tend to less extremes and less violence, as race and class are about the two most powerful axes that can divide any group.
Israel does have an ethnic minority (the Palestinians) who do regularly engage in violent conflict, and the Israeli govt responds likewise. In fact, this ethnic conflict is far deadlier than the ethnic conflicts in the US or France.
Alan, this issue is far more deeper than what you expressed. To change the subject with you permission; I'm asking In God's name, for you to once again represent Trump. 2024 is a pivotal year. It will determine weather the United States stays as a free nation, or a nation that's been changed in to a Communist/Socialist nation. Look at the way the left is sabotaging our election system. Look how those who are in charge for up holing the law are totally corrupt and use the law for their discretion . They are afraid of Trump and that means a great deal. Again, in God's name represent Trump once again. Dare to be a Danial, dare to stand alone for what is right . Those who you thought were your friends, are your enemies now. Dare to do the right thing and stand in history as one of the individuals who saved America.
Israel is surrounded by real enemies while Leftist dominated countries like France, America, the UK, and other western EU member states have large swaths of citizens who hate their own country and view their countrymen as enemies rather than political opponents. America has managed assimilation better than any country by far, but, never had to deal with such a large number of immigrants in such a short period of time.
In my opinion the left in the United States and in Israel are ginning up the conflicts in league with the press and despite their screams and protests that their opponents are ushering in the end of democracy it is they that are willing to use illegal means to bring about what they want rather than accept that in a democracy one doesn't always prevail. Many of the problems stem from the fact that both leaders, Trump and Netanyahu are hated by a sizeable minority of the population but a majority of the institutions and with both countries facing huge and dangerous problems, especially Israel, the left still seems willing to cut off their noses to spite their faces to get Netanyahu and Trump either locked up or at least unable to govern or get elected. Case in point, in Israel, the current protests in Israel about "the reasonableness clause " just overturned rightly I believe, to partially curb an overly broad judiciary is causing so much distress on the left that they now think the country is sliding into authoritarianism. In reality that clause was never in existence in the form it is now but has been expanding since the 1980s or so. Of course the labor party was in control until they lost in a landslide in 1977 to Likud. What a coincidence that the left started to expand judicial power so soon after losing the legislature.
I think Israelis have a different mentality, having
always lived as themselves against the world.
For this reason, they are less apt to turn violent upon
themselves, when they have others to do that to them.
Only time will tell - as the secular hate the Haredi
I agree 100% in the right and importance of protests, as long as they remain non-violent.