ליברטריאנים בישראל

Dear friends, readers, and comrades!
I am pleased to report to you that a libertarian chapter has now being fformed in Jerusalem. Those of you – and especially those of you studying at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem – who wish to join the chapter’s meetings are to contact Uri Akavia, at uri.akavia@gmail.com .

Their complete report of the incident is available over here.
While it repeats  the points that we covered on this site in broad strokes already, this is an interesting detail:
Apple has long lacked a strong presence in Israel. That began to change in late 2008, after Nehemia Peres, the son of Israeli President Shimon [...]

Those of you who have read the previous post on this board – regarding the unfair ban on Apple’s iPad – and who have already bothered to call Dr. Yechiel Shabi at 050-6236001 – will have known that the official government excuse – this time – is that the iPad is supposedly only compliant with [...]

As the loyal readers of this site know, Israel is infamous for a variety of arbitrary bans and restrictions – restrictions on racing, poker, and balcony enclosures, sin taxes on amplifiers – but this one perhaps takes the cake. The Israeli government has, without warning, prohibited the iPad device from being brought into the country, [...]

When I started the Tel-Aviv Tea Party Facebook page several days ago, I did not expect a response so generously overwhelming as what transpired over the last forty-eight hours.
Not only are we receiving a massive influx of traffic and comments – in itself trivial – but dozens and hundreds of people have joined our Facebook [...]

It is generally the case – in Israel and elsewhere – that it the supporters of big government that are the ones to protest. They are the ones who go on strike, who hold up banners and placards – demanding new bans, regulations and taxes. Tax alcohol at a hundred percent! Tax guitar amps! Ban [...]

במפגש הראשון באוניברסיטת ת”א הצגתי את עצמי ואמרתי שאני, כמו מיזס, לא ליברטאריאן אלא אוטיליטריסט – אלא שלאיש לא היה מושג במה מדובר, פרט לאסף שידע לנקוב בשמו של ג’ון סטוארט מיל. אלא שהעניין הוא הרבה יותר יסודי. נתבונן לרגע בטענות הליברטריאנים כלפי המדינה. כן, המערך הנוכחי גורם לפגיעה מתמדת בזכויות הפרט ובחירותו. כשבוע לפני [...]