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Writer, Politician
About Natan Sharansky
Natan Sharansky (Russian: ΠΠ°ΡΠ°Π½ Π©Π°ΡΠ°Π½ΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ, born January 20, 1948) is a notable Soviet dissident, Israeli politician and writer.
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βThe conviction that freedom is a universal desire is not the property of any political camp. ... Yet those who hold it remain a precious few, outnumbered many times over by the skeptics who don't.β
βNow we can see why nondemocratic regimes imperil the security of the world. They stay in power by controlling their populations. This control invariably requires an increasing amount of repression. To justify this repression and maintain internal stability, external enemies must be manufactured.β
βA simple way to determine whether the right to dissent in a particular society is being upheld is to apply the town square test: Can a person walk into the middle of the town square and express his or her views without fear of arrest, imprisonment, or physical harm? If he can, then that person is living in a free society. If not, it's a fear society.β
βThe State of Israel is a national home for the entire Jewish people and it is clear to me that there is no dispute between any party or Zionist movement, while the nation-state law was originally intended to reinforce this principle, the most recent amendments to it are of great concern because they drive a wedge between Jews in Israel and in the Diaspora.β
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Natan Sharansky on Dissent
βA simple way to determine whether the right to dissent in a particular society is being upheld is to apply the town square test: Can a person walk into the middle of the town square and express his or her views without fear of arrest, imprisonment, or physical harm? If he can, then that person is living in a free society. If not, it's a fear society.β
Natan Sharansky on Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People
βThe State of Israel is a national home for the entire Jewish people and it is clear to me that there is no dispute between any party or Zionist movement, while the nation-state law was originally intended to reinforce this principle, the most recent amendments to it are of great concern because they drive a wedge between Jews in Israel and in the Diaspora.β
About Natan Sharansky
Natan Sharansky (Russian: ΠΠ°ΡΠ°Π½ Π©Π°ΡΠ°Π½ΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ, born January 20, 1948) is a notable Soviet dissident, Israeli politician and writer.