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By ‘Force and Fraud’: Is This the End of the US Democracy Doctrine?

This is Why Israel’s Mass Protest Movement Will Never Lead to Change

Though seldom reported in the US, thousands are taking to the streets every week in Israel demanding that Netanyahu step down, but carefully crafted coalition agreements and the political reality in the country promise to keep him in the PM’s seat for the foreseeable future.

October 26th, 2020
Miko Peled
October 26th, 2020
By Miko Peled
Israel Protests Feature photo

Since November of 2019, Israelis have been protesting to demand the resignation of indicted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Since the spring of 2020, these protests have escalated to the point where thousands of Israelis take to the streets every week to demand his resignation. However, Netanyahu, who has been in power for over a decade,

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New Reports Place Israel Among World’s 25 “Declining Democracies”

Both Freedom House and V-DEM’s Annual Democracy Report shows Israel is experiencing a precipitous decline in democracy. Thought that would hardly be surprising to the 2 million Arab citizens that live there.

April 2nd, 2020
Ramzy Baroud
April 2nd, 2020
By Ramzy Baroud
Israel Democracy Feature photo

Tunisia is the Middle East’s greatest success story, according to the findings of the V-Dem Annual Democracy Report 2019. One of the world’s most regarded annual reports on democracy and good governance, the V-Dem Report is produced by the V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy) Institute at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden.  While Tunisians can be

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When Is a Democracy not a Democracy? When It’s Venezuela and the US is Pushing Regime Change

Venezuela has as much right to call itself a democracy as does the United States. Until that is understood by enough people, the Trump administration will continue to devastate Venezuela’s economy with illegal sanctions and push it towards civil war.

January 28th, 2019
Joe Emersberger
January 28th, 2019
By Joe Emersberger

CARACAS, VENEZUELA -- (Opinion) Venezuela has as much right to call itself a democracy as does the United States. Until that is understood by enough people, the Trump administration will continue to devastate Venezuela’s economy with illegal sanctions and push it towards civil war. People can oppose President Donald Trump’s economic sanctions and

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Israel, Mideast’s Self-Proclaimed Only Democracy, Backs Coup Against Venezuela’s Democratically Elected Government

While Guaidó’s long-term prospects remain in question, it is possible that Netanyahu sees a potential leader who could reopen ties with Israel and even open an embassy in Jerusalem, to which Netanyahu has been pushing countries to relocate their embassies.

January 28th, 2019
Alexander Rubinstein
January 28th, 2019
By Alexander Rubinstein
Israel | Palestine | Venezuela

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL -- Israel has recognized opposition figure Juan Guaidó as the president of Venezuela, following in the footsteps of Washington and a host of other nations. On Sunday, Israel became the second country of questionable legitimacy, following Kosovo, to recognize the formerly obscure opposition figure as the country’s leader. As

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United States Doesn’t Even Make Top 20 on Global Democracy Index

With a final score of 7.96, the U.S. earned the “flawed democracy” label.

January 16th, 2019
Andrea Germanos
January 16th, 2019
By Andrea Germanos
American Flag

A new index released this week offers a sobering look at how democracy is faring in the United States. According to the 2018 edition of The Economist Intelligence Unit's Democracy Index, the U.S. doesn't even make the list of top 20—its demonstrably "flawed democracy" notching it the 25th spot. The ranking is based on 60 indicators spanning

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The US as the Nation State of the Protestant Christian People

What would Israel’s Nation-State Law look like if it was applied to the United States?

August 7th, 2018
Ian Berman
August 7th, 2018
By Ian Berman
An Evangelical Christian holds up an American flag during a gathering in Jerusalem. Thousands of evangelical Christians from more than 80 countries descended upon Jerusalem this week to show their support for the Jewish state. Dan Balilty | AP

WASHINGTON -- In honor of the shared values between the State of Israel and the United States of America, and the recently passed “Israel as the Nation State of the Jewish People” Basic Law, the following bill has been proposed to the U.S. House of Representatives (with an identical bill proposed in the U.S. Senate).  Since an overwhelming number

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