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POPSFurther refutation of the Obamoid "settlement freeze" formula Michael Oren is Israel's ambassador to the US. He is also an IDF veteran and a historian of some note. His book, Power, Faith, and Fantasy covers the two-hundred-years US history of relations with Arab/Muslim nations. His article here of course is in support of Netanyahu's policy towards the West Bank. That's to be expected since Oren is Netanyayhu's ambassador. But the point is that Oren/Netanyahu have some facts on their side while the Obamoids only have Power, Faith, and Fantasy
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POPSIsrael Will Not Let Its Arab Citizens Read Bambi Jeremiah Haber (aka The Magnes Zionist) translates a Haaretz article on Israel banning the importation of books published in Syria and Lebanon, where 80% of Arabic books used by Israeli Arabs are published. For shame.
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POPSUri Avnery: Israel Officially Declares War on the Palestinian People Until 2002, Palestinians who married Israeli Arabs (which was very common, because the 1948 borders of Israel cut across Arab villages and clans) became Israeli citizens. Then the Knesset passed a law preventing Israeli Arabs from bringing their spouses with them into Israel. Jewish and Arab petitioners challenged the law in the Israeli Supreme Court, and the Ministry of Justice lawyers defending the law blatantly asserted that Israel is at war with the Palestinian people. Via Philip Weiss
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POPSIsraeli Arabs May Jeopardize Existence of The State of Israel A visit to Arab towns in Israel (for example Gush Dan or En Nasira) will show that people live there in large separate houses and have more than just one car for a family. The majority of Arabs have large families and receive low incomes, that is why they have been relieved of tax payments. In addition, they receive allowances from the government. The government creates and maintains the infrastructure of the towns, in which those families live. Israel makes a mistake when it uses one and the same approach in evaluating the well-being of its people. The Arab population lives on governmental allowances and does not pay taxes. One may not say that the Arabs do not do anything at all, of course. However, the cost of products, which they make, is a lot less than the assistance, which they receive.
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POPSMore & more Jewish Israelis support expelling Arab citizens of Israel This is ethnic cleansing, plain and simple. It is driving people from their homes and ancestral lands, stripping them of their citizenship, all based on their religion & ethnicity. This is what American tax $$$ pays for. Supporting a racist, ethno-state. So much for the myth of Israeli democracy. Remember, they're talking about the roughly 1 million citizens of the state of Israel who happen to be Arab. This includes Christians as well as Muslims. They're talking about stripping them of their citizenship and expelling them. All paid for by American tax dollars.
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POPSIsrael's Arabs Final photo caption: Mr. Mahameed and two others from Lajoun during evening prayers near their former homes. "We are prohibited from using our own land," Mr. Mahameed said. "My daughter makes no distinction between Jewish and Arab patients," he said of his daughter, who is a doctor. "Why should the state treat me differently?"
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POPSGuns in Class: Professor fired "predictable has been outrage from the right. Last month two leaders of extremist Jewish settlers in Hebron, Baruch Marzel and Itimar Ben Gvir, announced that they had enrolled on Hassan's course. "I would love for him to ask me about my army service," said Marzel. "I can only assure you that he will be the one walking out of the classroom." The army added its voice too, with senior officers, including the Chief of Staff, Ashkenazi, putting pressure on Sapir College to publicly rebuke the film-maker and punish him. A letter from the head of army personnel, General Elazar Stern, accused the college of failing to act with "proper determination" and urged that Hassan face "sharp, public, official condemnation." Stern added that Hassan must be made to apologize or be sacked, otherwise the army would end its funding of places for hundreds of soldiers who attend courses at Sapir." ...AlterNet
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POPSTV Show seeks to Humanize Arab-Israelis More: But "Arab Work" is more than a wacky sitcom about life for the Arab minority in Israel. It's a risky attempt to use slapstick humor to lampoon both sides in this deadly, divisive arena. "It's not perfect, but under the right circumstances it can be for Israeli-Arabs what 'The Cosby Show' was for blacks in America," said Vered Livne, the executive director of Agenda, an Israeli media strategy firm. "It has a chance to lower the barriers that Israeli Jews put up when they hear an Arab voice." Recent studies have found that discrimination against Arab-Israelis is on the rise. In one poll, 60 percent of Jewish Israelis said they felt hatred or hostility when they heard someone speaking Arabic. Three-quarters said they wouldn't live in the same buildings with Arabs. More than half said Arabs and Jews should be separated in places of entertainment.
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POPSParts of Israel Third World Islands Let's not forget that Israeli society, reflecting its western benefactors is sharply stratified into socioeconomic groups. Ethiopian Jews, Russian Jews, Israeli Arabs do not enjoy the high standard of living afforded by overseas aid to an economy that is not in the least autonomously healthy.
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POPSIsrael : popular support for apartheid Interesting poll from the "Center for the Campaign Against Racism "(who are they ? Anyone ?). Shows quite strong popular support for apartheid policies directed against arabs within Israel proper.
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