Freedom of expression in Israel

Dr Laurence Davis of the Department of Government in UCC is well known for his unquestioning anti-Israel stance and it never fails to amaze me how one person could be so totally one sided and blind in his approach to this very complex question.

Freedom of expression in Israel

He unwittingly, presumably, contradicts himself when he uses Haneen Zoabi, a member of the Israeli Knesset, as an example to prove his point that Israel is not a democratic state that shares Western values. She got elected to the Israeli Parliament didn’t she? One can always get a disaffected member of Parliament to use any ā€œlies, damn lies or statisticsā€ to paint a sorry picture of one’s parliament if one is of a mind to.

What kind of a picture do you think the likes of Joe Higgins would paint of Ireland if he was asked to speak in, say, the Knesset?

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