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Israeli Democracy (1)

During my gap-year in Israel, I took part in a seminar led by an Israeli-Arab at Givat Haviva. After his speech, in which he outlined the discrimination Arabs face in Israeli society, he invited us to ask questions. “Do you think there will ever be an Arab Prime Minister?” asked one girl, to which the rest of us responded with peels of laughter. It was as if she had asked a Catholic priest if the Pope will ever star in a porn-film. Read more

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