posted on April 3, 2003 04:40:44 PM new
A New York Times report from Jerusalem includes this fascinating aside:
Since 1996, Dr. [Khalil] Shikaki [a Palestinian political scientist] has been polling Palestinians about what governments they admire, and every year Israel has been the top performer, at times receiving more than 80 percent approval. The American system has been the next best, followed by the French and then, distantly trailing, the Jordanian and Egyptian.
In its early days, the Palestinian Authority held fourth place, with about 50 percent approval. Now, it is dead last, under 20 percent. Corruption, mismanagement and the stagnation of the Palestinian predicament have turned the culture of criticism against the Palestinian rulers.
posted on April 3, 2003 06:15:48 PM new
It is the despotic Arab leadership throughout the middle east that is against democracy. It is also why they fan the flames for Israel's destruction.
