Len.... you didn't answer the question. I asked you where, in the Arab world, a Jew is authorized to lease or buy property from an Arab?
Instead, you try to deflect from the question by citing PRE-1948 population numbers of Jews in Arab countries, without discussing if they were actually property owners.
Furthermore, you completely ignore the fact that some 1 million "oriental" Jews, who lived in these Arab countries, were forcibly expelled and their belongings confiscated in the years SINCE 1948.
You deliberately choose to ignore that fact, providing us all a remarkable display of your intellectual dishonesty through trying to make the facts fit your opinion, rather than the other way around.
A 20% voting block in such a nation of diverse opinions IS NOT NEGLIGIBLE. It requires that Israeli politicians cater to the needs of their Arab constituents. 20% can make or break an election, Len. One only has to look at the presidential election in Florida to find out how a small percentage CANNOT be ignored.
And how many Palestinians would be willing to swear an oath of loyalty to Israel in exchange for a "right of return"?
Will the Palestinians permit Jews to remain, as Palestinian citizens, on the West Bank??
And from where do they derive this right of return to begin with? They were Jordanian citizens and their government chose to deliberately attack Israel in 1967. Thus, Jordan bears the responsibility for their being displaced. And when Jordan abdicated its responsibilities in 1989, ceasing any claim to the West Bank, they essentially abandoned their subjects to Israeli occupation.
As for whether Israel is democratic or not... the very fact that they are internally divided as to how to resolve the Palestinian problem, is proof positive of how democratic they are. In Arab countries, their citizens have little official say regarding the policies of the state.
And even if your bogus claim was correct, at least Israel strives to create the image of democracy. Name for me one Arab country that has taken comparable steps toward liberalizing their political system.
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