Israeli democracy suffered yet another blow over the weekend, when the army issued decrees barring Jews from moving to the Gaza Strip and Samaria communities slated for expulsion this summer.
This heavy-handed move undermines some of the country?s most basic civil liberties, such as freedom of assembly, freedom of speech, and the right to protest against government policy...
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Michael Freund served as Deputy Director of Communications & Policy Planning in the Israeli Prime Minister's Office under former premier Binyamin Netanyahu. He is Founder and Chairman of Shavei Israel (www.shavei.org), which reaches out and assists "lost Jews" seeking to return to the Jewish people.
This heavy-handed move undermines some of the country?s most basic civil liberties, such as freedom of assembly, freedom of speech, and the right to protest against government policy...
Read the continuation of this commentary on
Arutz-7's new blog: Fundamentally Freund.
Michael Freund served as Deputy Director of Communications & Policy Planning in the Israeli Prime Minister's Office under former premier Binyamin Netanyahu. He is Founder and Chairman of Shavei Israel (www.shavei.org), which reaches out and assists "lost Jews" seeking to return to the Jewish people.