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Is Lebanon part of Israel’s promised territory? (archive.ph)

submitted 1 month ago by solo@slrpnk.net to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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The Jerusalem Post has deleted this article but thankfully it had been archived.

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[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

See, I find myself agreeing, but am having trouble meshing those two, especially in what's been touted as "the middle east's only functional democracy"

How does a institution of, by, and for the people not count as a distillation of popular will?

[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I supposed in a liberal democracy that would be the case, but in reality the US and British governments rarely represent more than 1/3 of the population at best; with those being 'good' examples of democracy and Netanyahu being investigated for corruption the share of population actually represented by his administration is likely even lower.