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Comment and Opinion

Alexander Yakobson – 20/01/2011

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“I’ll hazard a guess: At the end of the term of this government, there will be no less freedom in the State of Israel than there was at the beginning of it. All the bills seeking to curb freedom of speech will ultimately not be approved, or versions of them that don’t infringe freedom of speech will pass, or they will be interpreted by the judicial system in a way that does not harm freedom of speech or they will be nullified by the High Court because they violate freedom of speech.

Leftist organizations will continue to function freely. The parliamentary investigative committee on integrating Arabs in the civil service, headed by MK Ahmed Tibi, has more of a chance of influencing the reality on the ground (albeit modestly) than the investigative committee into leftist organizations initiated by Avigdor Lieberman.”

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