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Politics : Middle East Politics
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To: sammy levy who wrote (1922)7/9/2002 9:26:07 PM
From: StormRider  Read Replies (1) of 6945
 
RACISM DEBATE FLARES IN ISRAEL
Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 7/9/02
latimes.com

JERUSALEM - The government of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has endorsed a
proposed law that would allow Jews to bar Arab citizens of Israel from
purchasing homes or living in many Israeli communities, a move that has
touched off a divisive national debate.

The attempt to legalize "Jews-only" towns was swiftly criticized by
numerous Israeli politicians and human rights groups, who said it was a
discriminatory and racist proposal. Supporters praised the bill for
protecting what they called the essence of Zionism.

The debate goes to the heart of Israel's existential contradiction: How can
it be both a Jewish state and a democratic state? "Israel is the state of
the Jewish people," said Cabinet minister Dan Meridor, who opposed the
legislation, "but because it is a Jewish state, it must not practice
against its non-Jewish citizens the kind of discrimination to which Jews
were subjected in the diaspora..."

Assigning land for Jewish-only housing opens Israel to criticism at a time
when its reputation in the Arab and Muslim worlds is especially low because
of Israel's war with the Palestinians, Meridor said...
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