Letters Up Front Edition 1

Sir, - Yehezkel Dror's "A presidential system for Israel" (Upfront, August 20) was thought-provoking and a necessary reminder that our electoral system fails to take better advantage of democratic principles. But it fell short of instructing the reader in just how inadequate the syste...

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Published inThe Jerusalem post
Main Author Leah M. Berkowitz, Barbara Schipper-Bergstein, Shmuel Shimshoni, Tsvi November, Boris Celser, Jack White
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Jerusalem The Jerusalem Post Ltd 27.08.2004
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Dror, Yehezkel
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Summary:Sir, - Yehezkel Dror's "A presidential system for Israel" (Upfront, August 20) was thought-provoking and a necessary reminder that our electoral system fails to take better advantage of democratic principles. But it fell short of instructing the reader in just how inadequate the system is. Sir, - How can Yehezkel Dror state that Israel's political system is "fully democratic" when we have no constitution and no official arrangements for petitions, referendums, initiatives, recall, and impeachment? Sir, - Yehezkel Dror says of Israel's political system that "while being fully democratic, it fails to 'deliver the goods.' This is obvious with respect to the Palestinian issue, where clear-cut and radical decisions... are essential but impossible to make because of lack of an adequate concentration of democratic power."