Herrenvolk democracy

"Israel continues to demand overt recognition as a “Jewish state,” obsessively insisting that the Arabs formally agree to designate her as such. What is purposefully left unanswered, however, is the critically important question of what the term “Jewish state,” in fact, means … precisely.  Today, this Israeli “Jewish state,” while loudly positioning itself as a Jeffersonian democracy, is in fact a thinly disguised “Herrenvolk democracy,” one that clearly privileges its Jewish majority and cleverly disenfranchises its Palestinian Arab citizen minority. Whether economically or politically, the Israeli-Arab is at best a second-class citizen." (thanks Ali)