Israel lifts ban on Arab parties in Knesset

Israeli Supreme Court lifts ban on Arab participation in National Elections - International Middle East Media Center

On Wednesday, the Israeli Supreme Court issued a ruling that voids a ban preventing Arab parties in Israel from participating in the parliamentary elections, which will be held in Israeli next month.

Israeli Supreme Court
Israeli Supreme Court

The ruling was made after several Arab-Israeli political leaders filed an appeal against the ban.

Arab-Israeli member of the Knesset, Ahmad Tibi, said that this decision is “a defeat to fascism”, and added that discrimination is deeply rooted in Israel, therefore the “battle is not quite finished”, according to Israeli daily Haaretz.

14 steps to fascism - How does the Harper government stack up?

Blogging if necessary but not necessarily blogging: Interactive project on the fourteen steps to fascism, eh?

In 2003, Political Scientist identified fourteen characteristics of fascism. The Old American Century website put together a compendium of ways in which the Bush regime matched these points. I thought it would be interesting to see how well Steven HarProrogue (TM) is doing.

The characteristics are listed below. I will add in a few links that I think demonstrate his adherence to the fascism two step. Feel free to add yours in the comments and I will update this post with them periodically.