ברלין, דיזראלי, אל-עמר - מדינת הלאום ומעבר לה

In light of recent developments in the Middle East - mainly the failure of the“sovereign nation state” model in countries such as Syria, Yemen, and Libya,as opposed to attempts to strengthen and anchor this model in Israel by enacting Basic Law: Israel, the Nation State of the Jewish People - this article attempts to formulate a legal and political model that would not fail where a number of nations share a common territory. Such models can be found in the writings of thinkers such as Anthony Giddens, who speaks of "cosmopolitan democracy" on a regional or global scale. This article sought such a model in an unexpected place – the writings of 19-century British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, aka "the father of modern conservatism." This paper is based on contextual genealogy, guided by the interpretation of Nation &Empire concepts as narrated by philosopher Isaiah Berlin. It attempts to formulate conceptual political structures that go beyond the sovereign nation-state idea, hoping to mend some of its flaws, while keeping solid liberal ground by using Berlin's “value pluralism” idea, ultimately glancing at 18th century Palestine, a small yet multi-national territory, ruled by Bedouin chief D’aher al-Omar.