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Worldcrunch Magazine #45 — The Siege On Democracies

Worldcrunch Magazine #45 — The Siege On Democracies

August 7 – August 13, 2023

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Beyond Bibi: Israel’s Crisis Is Part Of The Wider Siege On Democracy

Photograph of protesters during an anti-judicial overhaul demonstration outside Jerusalem's Knesset.​
Anti-government protests in Jerusalem on July 24 Eyal Warshavsky/ZUMA

The Israeli government’s aggressive bid to curb judicial powers fits into a bigger picture of the degradation of liberal democracy worldwide.

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On Israel’s ‘Phony’ Fight For Democracy

Photo of ​A protestor holding a sign against the Israeli occupation in the West Bank during a demonstration against the judicial reform in Tel Aviv, Israel, in March 2023.
A protestor holds a sign against the Israeli occupation in the West Bank during a demonstration last month against the judicial reform in Tel Aviv, Israel. Matan Golan via Zuma Press

Praise in the West has been heaped on the popular protests in Israel that have halted undemocratic judicial reform proposed by the Netanyahu government. But this supposedly noble fight for democracy doesn’t apply to 20% of its citizens, not to mention the policies carried out in the Occupied Territories.

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