Muqata's Pop Quiz--The Results

Earlier this week, I mentioned the quiz over at The Muqata.

And now the results are in for the poll about Israel as a Jewish and Democratic state.

Here is the result for the first question:

1. Who coined the term describing Israel as a "Jewish and Democratic State"?

(a) Ben Gurion (b) The Israeli Declaration of Independence
(c) Peace Now (d) Rabbi Meir Kahane


Many people believe that this term is as old as the state, but that is not the case.

This phrase was coined and first used by (a) Peace Now in 1967 to explain why Israel must divest itself of significant and important historical sections of the Jewish homeland.

Peace Now forwarded the argument that if Israel is to remain a Jewish and democratic state, Israel must rid ourselves of the Arabs that threaten Jewish majority control of the state of Israel. Quite interesting, at the time, Peace Now espoused the same exact goal as Rabbi Meir Kahane, just through a different method.[emphasis added]

Read the rest.

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