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By vanrozenheim
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(Jerusalem, Israel) - It is no coincidence that the amendment to the Basic Law on Jerusalem, which permits the City Council to ban parades and marches in the capital if they are "deemed likely to cause public disorder or offend public sensibilities," or should not be held for religious reasons, passed during the same week as an amendment limiting the movement of Arab MKs. It was also symbolic that these bills passed during the week that marked 40 years since Israel conquered the territories. The combination of all these factors points to the fragile nature of democracy in Israel: The democratic concept, based on majority rule and equal rights for all, has been replaced by the belief that the majority has the right to injure the minority and that the strong have the right to trample the weak.
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