Letters to the Editor
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Israel is a democracy if you are a Jew
I have to take issue with those who claim that American support of Israel is rooted in its being a democracy and sharing American values.
In the land that has been controlled by Israel for the past 40 years, 50% of the population are Palestinian. The Palestinians who have Israeli citizenship are second class citizens. Those who don't have Israeli citizenship live under a brutal military regime that practices apartheid openly. They are not allowed to travel or even cross (without risking being killed) the "for-jews-only" roads that connect Jewish colonies built on their land. 1.5 million of them are subject to collective punishment, including sonic booms that make children cower in terror and wet their beds at night, in the world's largest open door prison in Gaza. This is some democracy!