For more than 75% of Israel's history, it has ruled over millions of Palestinians it denies the right the vote. The equivalent would be, imagine if, since 1838, about about ~1/3rd of the population living under United States rule had been denied the right to vote because they are native Americans rather than white settlers. Israel is a democracy the same way the US would be a democracy if we stripped the right to vote from 110 million Americans because they had the wrong DNA.

Yes, Mao Zedong was a dictator. He held absolute power over China from 1949 until his death in 1976, with no free elections, a one-party system, cult of personality, and suppression of dissent. Policies like the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution caused tens of millions of deaths through famine and violence. No one should have to apologise for stating that historical fact.

This is Sami Abou Shahadeh. He is the leader of the Balad party, a Palestinian political party in Israel. Sami was disqualified because of this article he published on Oct. 8, 2023. alaraby.co.uk/opinion/%D8%B7… Israeli Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara backed Abou Shahadeh's disqualification, saying it "expressed support for armed struggle." Go read the article. it does not express support for armed struggle. not even close. Meanwhile, Amichai Eliyahu was not disqualified even though he said “anyone waving a Palestinian ... flag shouldn’t continue living on the face of the earth.” (aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/isr…). He's #4 on his party's list. ynetnews.com/article/86upvbr… To repeat: If you say, like the Palestinian Sami Abou Shahadeh said, that Oct. 7th was a "significant historical event in military, political, and strategic terms," than you are disqualified because you are calling for violence. If you say, like the Jewish Amichai Eliyahu said, that “anyone waving a Palestinian ... flag shouldn’t continue living on the face of the earth," than you are not disqualified, because you are apparently not calling for violence. Different rules for different people. Not so complicated afterall, it's called apartheid.

A voter was interviewed on Israeli news, along with two first-time voters, about what led them to choose who to vote for. One of them said that his main issue was that "I don't want there to be Arabs here in the country." The reporter nodded enthusiastically. Say hello to the next generation of Israeli voter.

What is it that people imagine they would get out of rejoining the EU that they don't already have?

In 1935 Sinclair Lewis wrote the dystopian novel It Can't Happen Here, which describes how a demagogue could win the U.S. presidency and establish a fascist dictatorship by appealing to traditional American values: "... the worst Fascists were they who disowned the word 'Fascism' and preached enslavement to Capitalism under the style of Constitutional and Traditional Native American Liberty."

Valentina Gomez, Joey Mannarino, and Weronika Rogowska were among those who visited Serbia, attended SNS events, and posted support for Vučić ahead of the vote, framing it around Christian values and opposition to the student list.

Within a single year the illiberal axis in southeast Europe of Orban and Vucic in Hungary 🇭🇺 and Serbia 🇷🇸 has collapsed under the crushing weight of the people who demanded democratic change, an end to corruption, and open, honest government.

Serbia 🇷🇸 BREAKING: Aleksandar Vucic admits defeat to the Student List in the parliamentary elections!!!