sort of hints me at those herein, who when I've referenced our American democracy, have shrieked my stupidity down. For of course shout they, our isn't a democracy (as any idiot should know) but a "constitutional republic".

It's all in the definition. When I'm babbling about flying from point "A" to point "B", as opposed to travelling that distance by train, I may well refer to taking a plane, the actual fact that I flew on a jet nothwithstanding. And for sure, you could regale me with a treatise as to how the A-320 is a JET, not a plane..and that the B-737 is a much better jet than the A-320. But then...that really wouldn't have much to do with my point. The only thing that mattered as to my trip, was that I took to the air rather than the rails.

You may not be down with the form Israeli democracy takes. Nevertheless, it takes that form and will necessarily defend that form. And in the context of my ramble, your suggestion that Israeli democracy is less than perfect, isn't germane except in affirmation of what I'm saying. Israel's Jewish electorate - most all of which enjoys suffrage - will not vote itself out of existence. Therefore, any REAL solution to this issue, has to acknowledge that reality.