If Israel wants to call itself “the only democracy in the Middle East™,” then it must act like one. Democracy is not just a slogan; it is a practice, a discipline, a commitment to allowing a multitude of voices—even those that challenge us, even those that unsettle us, even those we wish we could silence.

I know what it is to live in a world that hates Jews. Believe me, I know. I feel it in my bones. I have seen it in the eyes of strangers, in the words of cowards hiding behind screens, in the history that courses........

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