How did Israel establish democracy? The answer is Jewish cultural tradition - opinion
Jews may not have had a state, but for centuries they had been practicing community politics in ways that closely resemble modern elective democracies.
A vote takes by show of hands at the Knesset plenum in 1949.(photo credit: Meitar Collection/Pritzker Family National Photography Collection/National Library of Israel)BySAMUEL J. HYDEUpdated: Read More