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To: Mani1 who wrote (2783)	8/15/2001 1:45:54 AM
From: LV	Respond to of 23908

re <<Are you claiming Israel is not a theocracy like Iran is? If so your are in denial>> No, Israel is not a theocracy like Iran. Israel is not ruled by Sharia like Iran, Israel does not have morality squads running around making sure that men and women are properly segregated or that women use chadors properly. Yes, there are religious elements in Israel’s civil law (none in criminal law) – more so than I would like to see, but that does not make Israel a theocracy any more than the fact that you can’t buy alcoholic beverages in Georgia on Sundays makes the US a theocracy.

To: Mani1 who wrote (2783)	8/15/2001 1:40:11 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23908

Of course Israel is not a theocracy. Sharon makes his decisions based on his political support, not rabbinic decrees. Halacha (Jewish religious law) is not the law of the land. Certainly there are religious parties in the fractured world of Israeli politics and they have been clever in using their influence as swing votes in Israeli coalition governments. That does not make Israel a theocracy any more than the successes of the Christian Coalition in American politics makes the US a theocracy. Zionism is a nationalist movement, not a religious one. The vast majority of Jewish Israelis (85%) consider themselves secular; i.e. not religious. Do you consider Israel a theocracy because it wants to remain a Jewish state? Is France a theocracy for wanting to remain French? There are two major Israeli newspapers that publish on the Web in English: The Jerusalem Post (www.jpost.com), of the Israeli Right, and Haaretz (www.haaretzdaily.com), of the Israeli Left. Why don't you read them for a few days and then tell me if they sound like the mouthpieces of a theocracy?