{"id":674113,"date":"2010-02-24T07:38:47","date_gmt":"2010-02-24T12:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehollywoodliberal.com\/2010\/02\/24\/israels-democratic-party-a-thought-experiment\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T10:55:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T14:55:20","slug":"israels-democratic-party-a-thought-experiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/674113","title":{"rendered":"Israel\u2019s Democratic Party: A Thought Experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/tpmcafe-main\/~3\/9PKtmhl1E2M\/\" >Israel&#8217;s Democratic Party: A Thought Experiment \t\t<\/a><br \/>For a great many Israelis, particularly young Israelis, there is an depressing vacuum at the center of Israeli politics; and the most galling thing about it, as my friend Carlo Strenger suggests in his Haaretz column this past week, is&#8230;<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/> <br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/> <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=434b6a186ccd374d65b44ae950d1f071&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=434b6a186ccd374d65b44ae950d1f071&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?resize=0%2C0\"\/><br clear=\"all\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?kw=\" align=\"absmiddle\" \/>  <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=434b6a186ccd374d65b44ae950d1f071&#038;p=64&#038;kw=Middle+East'>Middle East<\/a> &#8211; <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=434b6a186ccd374d65b44ae950d1f071&#038;p=64&#038;kw=Israel'>Israel<\/a> &#8211; <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=434b6a186ccd374d65b44ae950d1f071&#038;p=64&#038;kw=State+of+Israel'>State of Israel<\/a> &#8211; <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=434b6a186ccd374d65b44ae950d1f071&#038;p=64&#038;kw=Palestine'>Palestine<\/a> &#8211; <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=434b6a186ccd374d65b44ae950d1f071&#038;p=64&#038;kw=Warfare+and+Conflict'>Warfare and Conflict<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/tpmcafe-main\/~3\/HAzWO7HFGIY\/\" >Weekly Roundup:  What We Missed \t\t<\/a><br \/>At the risk of revealing too much behind the TPM curtain &#8212; we watch quite a bit of cable news. And this week one particular Senator, who has had a relatively low profile in that past, was all over the&#8230;<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/> <br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/> <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=1224fd867961cdbe1f6d62988f309c62&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=1224fd867961cdbe1f6d62988f309c62&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?resize=0%2C0\"\/><br clear=\"all\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?kw=\" align=\"absmiddle\" \/>  <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=1224fd867961cdbe1f6d62988f309c62&#038;p=64&#038;kw=Roundup'>Roundup<\/a> &#8211; <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=1224fd867961cdbe1f6d62988f309c62&#038;p=64&#038;kw=United+States'>United States<\/a> &#8211; <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=1224fd867961cdbe1f6d62988f309c62&#038;p=64&#038;kw=Government'>Government<\/a> &#8211; <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=1224fd867961cdbe1f6d62988f309c62&#038;p=64&#038;kw=Dean+Baker'>Dean Baker<\/a> &#8211; <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=1224fd867961cdbe1f6d62988f309c62&#038;p=64&#038;kw=Monsanto'>Monsanto<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/tpmcafe-main\/~3\/bGvEUXCyXQQ\/\" >Hit the reset on clean teach  \t\t<\/a><br \/>No one is giving up yet on passing energy\/environmental legislation this year, but there&#8217;s little doubt that the international agenda for deploying clean tech and avoiding climate catastrophe needs to be reshaped&#8230;.<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/> <br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/> <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=4c21226cc8aff76894a2672e8fb4dbc9&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=4c21226cc8aff76894a2672e8fb4dbc9&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?resize=0%2C0\"\/><br clear=\"all\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?kw=\" align=\"absmiddle\" \/>  <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=4c21226cc8aff76894a2672e8fb4dbc9&#038;p=64&#038;kw=Energy'>Energy<\/a> &#8211; 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