theocracy versus democracy
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July 6, 2011 | Share |
A theocratic democracy is a contradiction
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/we-must-stop-israel-from-be...
On the eve of the disengagement from the Gaza Strip, Hillel Weiss reiterated the messianic outlook of Gush Emunim: The source of authority in the Jewish State ... is not the Knesset, or the rule of law and not the government of Israel, but eternal Israel [God]. So long as the Knesset and its institutions represent the entity of eternal Israel [God], they are legitimate. If they do not represent it, they are illegitimate.
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