>-But to consider Israel "the only democratic country in the area" is not
>very
>-fair. Israel is a half democracy, a theocratic state who hasn´t even a
>civil
>-code and who exploits and deny basic rights to more than 1,5 million
people
>-inside his own frontiers.
Alexandre Fenelon
But we do agree that Israel is "the only half-democratic country in the area" (save perhaps for Iran; Egypt, I think, counts as a quarter democratic)...
Brad DeLong
-Yes, but maybe we could add Turkey to the list. I´m uncertain on -Jordan ,do you have better information?
Alexandre Fenelon