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Undoubtedly, a democratic state without an alternative is a danger to democracy itself.


Reuven Rivlin

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REUVEN RIVLIN We can establish a Jewish and democratic state, but the burden of proof is on us.
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AVRAM CHOMSKY Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.
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