tweakabelle -> RE: Demolishing Palestinians homes in Jersualem (1/22/2015 4:59:31 AM)
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ORIGINAL: bounty44 given that Israel is actually a liberal democracy that allows for, and indeed does have, minority participation in its government and they don't treat their citizens any different based on the color of their skins, it's neither an "apartheid state" or a "racist" one. Fact: There are almost 60 laws on the statute books in Israel that discriminate against Palestinians. There are another 50+ set of proposed laws at various stages of progression through the Knesset that will increase statutory discrimination against Palestinians. You can find them all listed here. There are massive levels of discrimination against Palestinian Israelis in housing, employment, education, social services .... in fact in every walk of life. Israel may be a liberal democracy but only for Israeli Jews. The fact of Israeli apartheid is acknowledged by many Israelis as this 2012 opinion poll shows: A majority of Israeli Jews admit they are living in an apartheid state, a recent survey claimed. Many also believed that Palestinians should be denied the right to vote, and suggested that Jewish citizens should be given preferential treatment. Some 500 Jewish adults took part in the survey, answering questions put together by a group of civil rights activists and academics, Haaretz newspaper reported on Tuesday. The survey’s findings revealed that 39 percent of respondents believe there is a ‘slight’ form of apartheid in the country, while 19 percent admit that there is ‘heavy’ apartheid. http://rt.com/news/israel-apartheid-survey-098/ For more evidence just google 'Palestine apartheid;' and see it for yourself. On numerous occasions I have challenged those who query whether Israel practices apartheid to offer a more accurate descriptive term than 'apartheid' for a mode of government that operates segregated legal systems, rights and entitlements, towns and villages, housing, schools, voting rights, water rights, public access (segregated roads) etc. To date no one has responded to the challenge. But please don't let that deter you. Can you offer a better term than apartheid to describe such open racial segregation? So, not even Israelis agree with your claims. Sadly the evidence shows it is an irrefutable fact that Israel is a fundamentally and incorrigibly racist State that operates an apartheid system in the West Bank
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