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To: HeidiHi

So in otherwords, Israel is or is not racist and aparthied? According to you it is...jews only rest get out. Which is it? A democracy or aparthied?


31 posted on 08/04/2004 8:25:35 AM PDT by RussianConservative (Xristos: the Light of the World)
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To: RussianConservative

Israel does not practice apartheid. We leave that to the Arabs.

Muslims (about 17-18% of the population), Druze (1%), and Christians (a fraction of a percent) who live in Israel are free to continue to live here, to practice their religion, to speak their languages, to enjoy their native cultures. Do you know how much time and money is spent on Russian language programming by the Israel Broadcasting Authority to accommodate the ethic Russian population? I think not. There is no restriction on Orthodox Russians attending Orthodox churches, what few exist in the country.

Israel is primarily a Jewish state. That does not mean "everyone else get out". Everyone else who has Israeli citizenship has all the rights and benefits that conveys. However, no free nation has open immigration. Israel only has open immigration for Jews. There are times and circumstances when non-Jewish immigrants are permitted into the country to live, and we have an estimated 250,000 Russians whom the rabbinate does not consider Jewish. Most do have Jewish relatives and they are counted (by their own choice) as part of the Jewish population. Most integrate into Israeli society.

So, if you consider that you cannot just move to Israel if you want to racist or apartheid, fine. Then every nation in the world is equally racist. Some, like Japan, are more so, as they have some of the most restrictive immigration laws in the world. Funny, I've never heard the term apartheid applied to the Japanese. Have you?


45 posted on 08/04/2004 9:41:52 AM PDT by anotherview
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