by Benjamin Mason | Oct 17, 2023 | Boston University
An analysis of democratic backsliding in Israel that have led to today This post analyzes the structures from both a societal standpoint and a structural standpoint in Israel over the last few years. This is in response to a CNN article on July 25, 2023 that pointed...
by Skye R | Apr 11, 2023 | Rollins College
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu In the past year, tensions between Palestine and Israel have begun to deepen and spiral into large problems of violence and resentment. In the past year or so, at least 40 Israelis and 200 Palestinians were killed in east...
by Itai Grofman | Feb 3, 2022 | University of Chicago
In Polyarchy: Participation and Opposition, Robert Dahl posits “three necessary conditions for a democracy” [1]. Underlying all three conditions is the availability of “alternative sources of information” [2]. For this reason, it seemed – early in the information...
by Maegan Taback | Nov 30, 2021 | University of Georgia
The Middle East’s only democracy is beginning to erode. Israel, although a flawed democracy, has maintained the sole title of democracy in the Middle East, which is overrun by authoritarian regimes and instability. However, throughout the past few years...
by Sana Iqbal | Oct 24, 2021 | Suffolk University
In 2005 The Iron Dome was created as a mobile air missile system in Israel with support from the US. When the US first wanted a military defense the US said that they should instead buy Patriot missiles from them. In 2006, Israel tried to invade Lebanon and was...
