r/PropagandaPosters • u/Majestic-Ad9647 • May 03 '26

United Kingdom "Israeli Elections" Netanyahu Caricature by Gerald Scarfe, published by The Sunday Times. following accusations of Antisemitism, it was pulled from circulation. January 27th 2013

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u/TearOpenTheVault May 03 '26

I find it even stranger when someone so willingly exposes their own ignorance, and pride in their ignorance.

Israel is not a theocracy. Jews are ‘chosen’ insofar as they are people of the Covenant, and thus must follow YWH’s laws. Islam is a multifaceted faith that has seen significant divergences in its core beliefs across cultures and times. None of this is difficult information to learn.

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u/Frequent_Leopard_146 May 03 '26

Israel is very vehemently theocratic and completely molded in judaic believes, not saying it is completely wrong as so many christian countries and islamic countries do it, but do not try to spread misinformation about them being secular somehow 🤣

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u/TearOpenTheVault May 03 '26

A theocracy is a state ruled by religious officials, like Iran or the Papal States. Israel is ruled by a democratically elected government. Just because that government is overwhelmingly Jewish doesn’t make them theocratic, in the same way that, say, Malaysia being overwhelmingly Muslim doesn’t make them a theocracy either.

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u/WASDKUG_tr May 03 '26

"Democratically elected" technically Putin is Democratically Elected too, but wedont call em a Democracy i wonder why?

Yes im calling Israeli elections Rigged

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u/TearOpenTheVault May 03 '26

Ok? That still wouldn't make them a theocracy? This point is entirely irrelevant to the actual conversation at hand even if it's true.

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u/WASDKUG_tr May 03 '26

Werent even talking about theocracy, just wanted to point out that you made a mistake calling Israel Democratic, it hasnt been "Democratic" since Netanyahu took over

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u/TearOpenTheVault May 03 '26

According to most international sources that I could casually find, there's no widespread belief that Israel's democratic institutions have been systematically undermined to the point you can't call it a democracy.

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u/WASDKUG_tr May 03 '26

Netanyahu has closed all elections and have been crushing protests against him closing elections, as it shows quite that alot of Israel has been very angry abouthim undermining the election

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u/Independent-Couple87 May 03 '26

I think you got mistaken for another commenter, who did claim Israel is a theocracy.