Posted on 08/11/2005 5:34:31 AM PDT by SJackson
If Israel is such a horrid place for them to live, then I invite them to not let the door hit them in their assets on their way out.
Get a load of this! Ping!
This hypocrisy leaves me otherwise speechless.
Part of my speechlessness stems from self-restraint.
Israel is one of the most open societies in the world. Out of a population of 6.7 million, about 1.3 million — 20 percent of the population — are non-Jews (approximately 1.1 million Muslims, 130,000 Christians and 100,000 Druze).
Arabs in Israel have equal voting rights; in fact, it is one of the few places in the Middle East where Arab women may vote. Arabs currently hold 8 seats in the 120-seat Knesset. Israeli Arabs have also held various government posts, including one who served as Israel's ambassador to Finland and the current deputy mayor of Tel Aviv. Ariel Sharon's original cabinet included the first Arab minister, Salah Tarif, a Druze who served as a minister without portfolio. An Arab is also a Supreme Court justice.
Arabic, like Hebrew, is an official language in Israel. More than 300,000 Arab children attend Israeli schools. At the time of Israel's founding, there was one Arab high school in the country. Today, there are hundreds of Arab schools.
In 2002, the Israeli Supreme Court also ruled that the government cannot allocate land based on religion or ethnicity, and may not prevent Arab citizens from living wherever they choose.
The sole legal distinction between Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel is that the latter are not required to serve in the Israeli army. This is to spare Arab citizens the need to take up arms against their brethren. Nevertheless, Bedouins have served in paratroop units and other Arabs have volunteered for military duty. Compulsory military service is applied to the Druze and Circassian communities at their own request.
Some economic and social gaps between Israeli Jews and Arabs result from the latter not serving in the military. Veterans qualify for many benefits not available to non-veterans. Moreover, the army aids in the socialization process.
On the other hand, Arabs do have an advantage in obtaining some jobs during the years Israelis are in the military. In addition, industries like construction and trucking have come to be dominated by Israeli Arabs.
Although Israeli Arabs have occasionally been involved in terrorist activities, they have generally behaved as loyal citizens. During the 1967, 1973 and 1982 wars, none engaged in any acts of sabotage or disloyalty. Sometimes, in fact, Arabs volunteered to take over civilian functions for reservists. During the outbreak of violence in the territories that began in September 2000, Israeli Arabs for the first time engaged in widespread protests with some violence.
The United States has been independent for almost 230 years and still has not integrated all of its diverse communities. Even today, 60 years after civil rights legislation was adopted, discrimination has not been eradicated. It should not be surprising that Israel has not solved all of its social problems in only 57 years.
unbelievable
Let 'er rip, SunkenCiv!
What race do Arabs consider themselves and the Israelis to be?
How about you spill out the facts on Israels immigration laws? I dont BLAME them. Its just that they are a little biased.
They're Arabs, Israelis are monkeys.
"How about you spill out the facts on Israels immigration laws? I dont BLAME them. Its just that they are a little biased."
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Please fill in the "xxxxx" with the name of this "biased" country.
"The New Laws on Citizenship
There are three ways to become a citizen of xxxxxxx by birth, by naturalization and, for xxxxxx from [area] xxxxx, by claim under the "Right of Return." The most important change in xxxxxx citizenship law is that the principle of jus sanguinis - of defining citizenship by inheritance - has been supplemented with the principle of the jus soli ("right of soil") - of defining citizenship by place of birth.
http://www.xxxxx-info.org/relaunch/info/archives/background/citizenship.html
(The link will work if you fill in the xxxx with the name of the country)
"jus sanguis" is Latin for blood - a rule that is strictly racial. Have you any idea how many countries have a "jus sanguis" immigration policy?
"Jewish" is not a racial "blood" characteristic. One can convert into Judaism.
Of course there are those who believe the US immigration policy is racist too.
Laws in Arab states are far more repressive towards non Arabs and especially Jews. Let the effedis take the mote from their own eye..
So what do the Jewish Israelis plan on doing when the non-Jewish voters are a majority, and decide to vote to terminate the status of Israel being a Jewish state?
You are nuts guy. What does a right wing organisation that claims Israel as Jewish land have to do with Arab League welfare society? Other than a chance for you to applaud goverment sanctions against Jews.
Do you ever have a non Joo hating opinion? Or a punchbowl without a floating turd?
First - Arabs are NOT a race.
Second - if they don't like to live in Israel, they are free to leave.
There are 22 Arab countries out there for them to choose.
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