Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Mossawa: Outlaw Talk of 'Transfer' - Expulsion of Jews Fine, Though
Arutz 7 ^ | June 1, 2004 | staff

Posted on 06/01/2004 8:40:02 PM PDT by Nachum

An organization working on behalf of Israel's Arab citizens is calling for legislation making the mere discussion of "transfer" illegal. INN spoke with one of its representatives about the "transfer" of Jews from Yesha.

The release of a new report today by the Mossawa Advocacy Center for Arab Citizens in Israel regarding the treatment of Israeli Arabs was covered extensively in the Israeli press. The report's authors accuse Israeli authorities, the police and the judicial system of creating a climate of violence and racism against Arab citizens of Israel.

Mossawa’s report comes days after Transportation Minister Avigdor Lieberman (National Union) announced his plan for a "separation of nations," which would “transfer” Israeli Arabs deemed disloyal to the State of Israel. Mossawa called for new legislation making public discussion of such steps illegal. The report also condemns Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's contention that Israel's Arab citizens constitute a "demographic problem" – citing it as an example of discourse it wishes to make illegal.

The organization, finding that 22% of Israeli Jews would vote for the outlawed Kach party - whose platform was the transfer of Arabs hostile to the Jewish State - is promoting legislation that would make it illegal to discuss the ‘transfer’ or expulsion of Israel’s Arabs. However, the organization told Israel National News that it sees no problem with the transfer of Jews and does not wish to outlaw discussion of that.

Arutz-7’s Ezra HaLevi talked to Mossawa spokesperson Abir Kopty, asking her what the legislative goals of her organization are. >[? “In an environment that is increasingly perceiving Arabs as a threat to the state of Israel, we are calling on the Israeli government to make it illegal to discuss transfer,” said Kopty.

“So you are against the transfer of any Israeli citizen?” asked HaLevi.

“That is correct,” replied Kopty.

“So you would agree that the forced transfer of Jewish citizens from Judea, Samaria and Gaza is reprehensible as well,” HaLevi asked.

“That is different – we don’t call that transfer, that is dismantling of settlements – we are speaking about the forced removal of people who were born here,” said Kopty, audibly flustered.

“So basically, Jews born in Judea, Samaria and Gaza can be thrown out of their homes, but the mere discussion of relocating Arabs involved with terrorism from within Israel’s pre-1967 borders should be made into a crime,” asked HaLevi.

“Look, we deal with ensuring the equal rights of Arab citizens in Israel – it is not comparable to people living in illegally occupied territories [sic],” Kopty replied.

The report also claims that Israeli Arabs do not receive protection from the police and are in fact targeted for violence, citing numerous cases of “illegal and unjustified police shootings of Arab citizens.” They also claim that there is a leniency for the police and the courts to be soft on “displays of racism against Arabs by private citizens and public figures.”

An investigation by Ha’aretz, however, revealed that at least one of the “16 Arab citizens killed by gunfire from police and security forces since October 2000 was not killed ‘by security forces' gunfire,’ as was written in the report, [but] actually killed in a motorcycle accident while being chased by police.”


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: expulsion; fine; jews; mossawa; orwell; outlaw; talk; though; transfer
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-24 last
To: richardtavor

I have heard him speak and think he would make a good prime minister. I hope he returns to politics.


21 posted on 06/02/2004 8:06:42 PM PDT by Seeing More Clearly Now
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: sheik yerbouty
N*** Mecca then transfer Arab complainers to the new green glassed skating rink. They can skate with, commune with, the spirit (djin) of the perpetually hallucinating Muhammad in purgatory.
22 posted on 06/02/2004 8:11:29 PM PDT by dennisw ("Allah FUBAR!")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: richardtavor

Sharon will likely win the no confidence vote because the right side of his cabinet knows that if the Sharon government falls, his plan will still be implemented (at a minimum) by an emergency unity government, but they will lose their portfolios.


23 posted on 06/02/2004 8:18:52 PM PDT by monkeyshine
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Yehuda

"The organization, finding that 22% of Israeli Jews would vote for the outlawed Kach party"

Shhh"

Does anyone know whether there really was such a study? If there was, the result makes sense (in fact, the number might even be higher). That party is the only one with a logical, reasonable and fair plan that makes real sense, has historical, legal precedents, and could lead to peace and a good future for all involved. The soundness of their plan becomes clear to anyone who thinks about the situation objectively. The motivation for banning Kach was political, pure and simple. Their platform has been badly misrepresented and distorted by the Israeli left. The leftist Israel judiciary has outlawed their free speech rights and demonized them, while at the same time protecting the free speech rights of the terrorist supporting radical Arab members of Israel's parliament (Knesset), a group of elected officials who treasonously support the radical Islamic violence against Israel and the rest of the world. 10% of the Knesset are Arab.

To answer the question: Getting this party unbanned would take the 22% cited in the article to all start and continue to speak up.


24 posted on 06/02/2004 8:36:35 PM PDT by Seeing More Clearly Now
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-24 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson