IS ISRAEL A DEMOCRACY OR THEOCRACY ?

During an interview on BBC HARDtalk, renowned Egyptian-American comedian, Bassem Youssef, questions Zionism and the notion that Jews are God’s chosen people. While calling out these religious-political ideas being deployed as justification for Israelis to steal Palestinian land and build their own settlements, he also discusses the paradox of Israel’s very identity, on one hand describing itself as a secular state and on the other a religious Jewish one.

In the UK and US, a lot has been made of the protest chant “from the river to the sea.” Critics describe it as being “anti-semitic” and pro-Hamas. However, Youssef explains why it is not Islamic-inspired at all. In fact, the mantra was coined by the right-wing Israeli Likud Party who claimed the land between the Mediterranean sea and the Jordan river as part of the Jewish state of Israel. Give it a thought and let us know your thoughts