black white?:
"The state of Israel is a Jewish and a democratic state. These two values are intertwined, and one does not outweigh the other. We promise equal rights for everyone, regardless of religion, race or sex. At the same time, Israel is the nation-state of the Jews only. This combination between the the rights of the nation and the rights of the individual, serves as the central thread in all of Israel's founding documents. The Balfour Declaration spoke of the founding of a Jewish national home for the Jewish people while preserving the civil and religious rights of all the country's citizens," Netanyahu said."
the rest:
http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Netanyahu-There-is-an-effort-to-un...
Blackwhite is defined as follows:
“ | ...this word has two mutually contradictory meanings. Applied to an opponent, it means the habit of impudently claiming that black is white, in contradiction of the plain facts. Applied to a Party member, it means a loyal willingness to say that black is white when Party discipline demands this. But it means also the ability to believe that black is white, and more, to know that black is white, and to forget that one has ever believed the contrary. This demands a continuous alteration of the past, made possible by the system of thought which really embraces all the rest, and which is known in Newspeak as doublethink. | ” |
—Orwell, 1984 |
The word is an example of both Newspeak and doublethink. It represents the active process of rewriting the past, control of the past being a vital aspect of the Party's control over the present.
The ability to blindly believe anything, regardless of its absurdity, can have different causes: respect for authority, fear, indoctrination, even critical laziness or gullibility. Orwell's blackwhite refers only to that caused by fear, indoctrination, or repression of one's individual critical thinking ("to know black is white"), rather than caused by laziness or gullibility. A true Party member could automatically, and without thought, expunge any "incorrect" information and totally replace it with "true" information from the Party. If properly done, there is no memory or recovery of the "incorrect" information that could cause unhappiness to the Party member by committing thoughtcrime. This ability is likened to the total erasure of information only possible in electronic storage.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Newspeak_words#Blackwhite
israel is debating sweeping new 'anti terror' laws that are beyond orwellian. I think that Gilad Atzmon is probably correct, the israeli leadership has crossed over into full blown madness. apparently they no longer care that the entire planet can see it either. they even punish dead bodies (see below). from the Times of Israel:
"Knesset member Yariv Levin presented to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday a draft of temporary legislation that would, among other provisions, allow the state to revoke the citizenship or residency of terrorists and their family members. The bill was drafted at Netanyahu’s request.
According to Levin’s plan, first reported by the daily Yedioth Ahronoth, the state will revoke the citizenship or residency permit of those convicted of terror activities, which it defines to include the hurling of Molotov cocktails, and expel them to Gaza after they’ve served their prison sentence.
In the case of terrorists who were killed during the course of attacks, authorities would not transfer their bodies to their families for a proper funeral. Rather they would bury the bodies at undisclosed locations without granting the families access to the graves.
Meanwhile, the families of terrorists would face the demolition of their homes within 24 hours of an attack. Family members who would show public support for the attack could also lose their citizenship or residency permit and be deported to Gaza.
According to the proposal, even those who do not commit offenses classified as terrorism, such as stone-throwers, “inciters” and masked participants in protests where fireworks are shot or firebombs thrown, will also face harsh penalties, including arrest and incarceration throughout their legal proceedings.
If such suspects were eventually convicted, they would lose their social security benefits permanently and forfeit their driving privileges for 10 years.
The bill also has a provision allowing for the closure of businesses that print posters supporting terrorists or terrorism.
Finally, police would be required to inform businesses, at their request, if any of their employees had ever been detained for security-related offenses, and if so, fire such employees without severance pay.
If passed by the Knesset, the bill will act as a sort of emergency legislation that would expire once the crisis has subsided.
“I hope this moves quickly, and we don’t have to wait until the next” attack, Levin, the chairman of the coalition, told The Times of Israel.
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel condemned the bill. “The absurd proposals raised by MK Levin involve serious human rights violations and acts of collective punishment – which bear no relation to an actual war on terror,” ACRI attorney Lila Margalit said.
The organization also noted in a statement that “the Knesset is currently holding hearings on a detailed government anti-terror bill, which itself contains many draconian provisions.”
“The government bill currently being discussed in the Knesset also includes significant human rights violations, but at least it is being debated in the framework of a serious process,” Margalit added."
the rest:
http://www.timesofisrael.com/mk-drafts-bill-to-deport-terrorists-families/
fear?
The Jewish population makes up 6,186,100 (75%); 1,709,900 (20.7%) are Arabs; and, those identified as "others" (non-Arab Christians, Baha'i, etc) make up 356,500 people (4.2%). When the state was established, there were only 806,000 residents and the total population reached its first and second millions in 1949 and 1958 respectively.
The overall population grew by approximately 173,811 people since the Jewish New Year 2013- a growth rate similar to that of the last decade.
The Jewish population of Israel grew by 1.7% over the past year, and the Arab population grew by 2.2%
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Society_&_Culture/newpop.html