This inevitably brings me to think of the constant condemnations of discrimination and segregation in the Israeli society. The situation is far from perfect here, and Arab communities do deal with many problems, some of which have an explanation in the inhabitants own choices, while others are fair enough to blame on higher-level issues. Israel do have a government at the moment with some despicable and racist leaders, like the foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman and the interior minister Eli Yishai, who continuously makes statements that make you gasp for air. However, I do not find these individuals representative for the general attitude in Israeli population. Things must be put in perspective and even though this kind are alive and kickin', the situation for ethnic minorities, as well as people with other than conformal heterosexual preferences, Israel is like a "Gan Eden" compared to in the adjacent theocratic Islamist nations.
Today I made a hummus batch with a tahina made in Nablus. I do not boycott products from the Palestinian territories just because some people there want to execute terror attacks on Israelis. Boycott is one of the stupidest strategies to put pressure on any regime or organisation. Boycotting Israeli products is also laughable. First of all it would not be enough to stop buying Jaffa oranges, or even look for the Israeli bar code "729". You would also have to shut down your mobile phone and most likely your TV, as well as other high-tech equipment, since it contains Israeli-made components. But if you still would focus on fruits and vegetables, I want you to know that "729" also covers the territories, so boycotting Israeli agricultural products means that you boycott not only Arab farmers within the green line, but also Palestinian farmers in the territories, of which some co-operates with the large export companies in Israel. Clever?
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"Israel do have a government at the moment with some despicable and racist leaders, like the foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman and the interior minister Eli Yishai, who continuously makes statements that make you gasp for air. "
Really? people always condemned lieberman for being a racist but no one could ever find a single thing he said or done to back it up...
thinking unlike the main stream politics and media is not racism.
Eli ishai is an idiot. he believe this planet was created in six days so not much hope for him...
I think that the "Lieberman Plan" is a good example of that he would very much like to remove a considerate amount of the Israeli Arab population. How about asking the citizens in these communities whether they want to belong to Israel or Palestine? I know my bet on what they would answer. Then he has denied access to Arab journalists from campaign gatherings.
Both revocations of citizenship and citizenship oaths goes against general liberal values, and both these things are hardly directed towards Jews, are they? Other than that, he is just an idiot like Eli Yishai, who cannot hold his big mouth from expressing himself like a spoilt and offended child all the time.
I keep hearing all the time when it comes to the "Peace process" the term "2 states for 2 nations". I'm guessing one for the Israeli and one for the Palestinians. now - the Arabs that are living in Israel consider themselves as Palestinians. just look at the protests in Haifa last week with Palestinian flags in Arab Haifa neighborhoods.
so we will have 2 states for 1 nation...?
they will always support their brothers.
so the idea of territorial exchange is pretty much a necessity... but of course you can't bring it to the discussion without being called a racist. people are avoiding facing the problem.
it has come to the point that any patriot = fascist....
Well, it does not matter how many Arabs that protest against a thing like this. Other Israelis did too, Jews as well. I will probably always protect Swedes, even if they occasionally do stupid things, and if I become Israeli citizen one day I do want to be able to protest against things that I do not agree with without being afraid that my citizenship will be revoked. The bottom line is that a citizenship is not supposed to be revokable, and what about the Arabs that wants to be Israeli (that you find nice enough), even if they live in Umm al-Fahm? Will they have to move to somewhere in Israel, or do you want to force people to follow their "nation" although they are born as Israelis? You see, this kind of plan will end up as a very racist act, even though the idea from the start maybe seemed smart and natural. However, it breaks every principal of a modern society.
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