freediver wrote on Aug 5
th, 2023 at 11:58am:
thegreatdivide wrote on Aug 5
th, 2023 at 11:50am:
freediver wrote on Aug 3
rd, 2023 at 3:17pm:
So why is the constitutional issues relevant to whether they should get out of the WB?
Because Israel hasn't even defined what land it occupies, in a constitution.......in an era (ie since 1946) when "the occupation of territory by force is inadmissible...."
So what?
Do you think that if they had the paperwork in order it would fix the problem?
Did you pick up your critical thinking skills in a CCP-run school?
So what? So today a protester (one of thousands on the streets) is saying "we will continue until we have secured our liberal democracy"; obviously he thinks the current RW government is planning to destroy "liberal democracy" in Israel. Enjoy your "beacon on the hill in the ME".
You mentioned the CCP; interestingly, we can compare the US with a 200 year old constition, and China with a 74 year-old one.
The former is based on the "(individual's) 'right' to pursue happiness"; while China's is based on
collective well-being and the national pursuit of common prosperity.
Not surprisingly, the
self-interest of the former has made the US a laughing stock - with Trump now a possibility for re-election - hence much the world is no longer willing to accept the US as global hegemon for the "rules-based" system.
Certainly China's social stability compares favourably with the US's, and the former is eradicating poverty for more people at a faster rate than any nation in history.
...Back to the Zionist state without a constitution: it doesn't even know the extent of the land available to its citizens - a condition you hilariously described as "not having its paper work in order".
[In contrast, even the US - like the UN - recognises Taiwan is part of 'One China'...and the WB is part of a proposed Palestinian state. ]
Funniest of all is a blind "freedom values" ideologue like you imagining he has "critical thinking skills".