démocratie en Israël, le New York Times s’inquiète
Israel’s Embattled Democracy - NYTimes.com
►http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/opinion/sunday/israels-embattled-democracy.html
Un éditorial assez rare dans un quotidien dont la complaisance à l’égard d’Israël est connue.
There are other worrisome developments. The Association for Civil Rights in Israel has expressed concern over “intensifying infringements on democratic freedoms.” In the past two years, activists say, more than 25 bills have been proposed or passed by the Parliament to limit freedom of speech and of the press; penalize, defund or investigate nongovernmental groups; restrict judicial independence; and trample minority rights.
One of Israel’s greatest strengths is its origins as a democratic state committed to liberal values and human rights. Those basic truths are in danger of being lost.