THREAD: “Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East.”
This phrase is repeated like gospel in the West — but it’s a myth. A thread debunking it 👇👇👇
This phrase is repeated like gospel in the West — but it’s a myth. A thread debunking it 👇👇👇
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First off: Israel rules over millions of people who can’t vote.
Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem live under Israeli occupation, siege, or annexation — without any say over the government that controls their lives.
That’s not democracy.
First off: Israel rules over millions of people who can’t vote.
Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem live under Israeli occupation, siege, or annexation — without any say over the government that controls their lives.
That’s not democracy.
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In Gaza, Israel controls borders, airspace, sea access, electricity, trade, and movement, and that's before the current genocide.
But Gazans don’t vote in Israeli elections.
That’s authoritarian control, not democratic governance.
In Gaza, Israel controls borders, airspace, sea access, electricity, trade, and movement, and that's before the current genocide.
But Gazans don’t vote in Israeli elections.
That’s authoritarian control, not democratic governance.
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In the West Bank, Israeli settlers vote in Israeli elections and live under civil law.
Palestinians next door? No vote. Military law. Checkpoints. Raids.
That’s not just undemocratic — it’s apartheid under military occupation.
In the West Bank, Israeli settlers vote in Israeli elections and live under civil law.
Palestinians next door? No vote. Military law. Checkpoints. Raids.
That’s not just undemocratic — it’s apartheid under military occupation.
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Even Palestinian citizens of Israel — 20% of the population — face over 65+ discriminatory laws.
From land access to education, to housing — they are second-class citizens by law.
Even Palestinian citizens of Israel — 20% of the population — face over 65+ discriminatory laws.
From land access to education, to housing — they are second-class citizens by law.
Meanwhile, political dissent is criminalized.
Israel routinely arrests:
Journalists, Human rights activists and Children.
Thousands of Palestinians are held in administrative detention — no charges, no trial.
Israel routinely arrests:
Journalists, Human rights activists and Children.
Thousands of Palestinians are held in administrative detention — no charges, no trial.
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Can a country be called a democracy when it bombs journalists, bans political parties, censors media, and surveils its own people?
This isn't democracy.
It's ethnocracy — rule by and for one group only.
Can a country be called a democracy when it bombs journalists, bans political parties, censors media, and surveils its own people?
This isn't democracy.
It's ethnocracy — rule by and for one group only.
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So next time someone says "Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East" — remind them:
A democracy doesn’t operate on stolen land, under military rule, with two sets of laws for two peoples.
So next time someone says "Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East" — remind them:
A democracy doesn’t operate on stolen land, under military rule, with two sets of laws for two peoples.
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Israel is not a democracy.
It’s a regime of occupation, apartheid, and ethno-nationalism.
Israel is not a democracy.
It’s a regime of occupation, apartheid, and ethno-nationalism.
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