New Knesset Bill Magnifies the Attack on Democracy in Israel

New Knesset Bill Magnifies the Attack on Democracy in Israel

August 4, 2011 by Mitchell Plitnick
http://mitchellplitnick.com/2011/08/04/new-knesset-bill-magnifies-the-attack-on-democracy-in-israel/

Here in the United States, we have become only too familiar with the paranoid rantings of those who warn of “creeping sharia.” Sharia, of course, is the body of religious Muslim law. Neo-conservatives and their fellow travelers have had a good deal of impact scaring Americans about this non-existent threat.
Thankfully, numerous analysts and reporters, such as Matt Duss at Think Progress, have done outstanding work exposing this fear-mongering propaganda for what it is.
Maybe, though, it’s time we American Jews, and our Israeli counterparts, woke up to the real threat in Israel of “creeping halakha.”
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The Knesset is considering a bill now that would change Israel’s Basic Law defining Israel as a “Jewish and democratic state,” to promote Israel’s “Jewish character” as superior to its democratic nature.