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||| Haaretz, ISRAEL - A public opinion poll showed that a majority of Jewish Israelis supported a controversial proposed law that would allow Jews to bar Arabs from living in their communities, and that most Israeli Jews were unwilling to have Israeli Arabs live in their neighborhoods . . . Critics condemned the bill as racist when the cabinet endorsed its passage. Cabinet Secretary Gideon Sa'ar said Wednesday that the language of the bill would be reviewed by an advisory panel, which will recommend changes for a re-discussion by the cabinet. The opinion survey showed that only a third of Israeli Jews, most of them leftist in political orientation, said they were willing to have Arabs living as their neighbors. The poll also showed that most Israeli Jews are opposed to Israeli Arabs moving in to their apartment buildings. Only a quarter of the Jews responding said that they were unopposed. A majority of the Jewish respondents said they were unwilling to rent an apartment to an Israeli Arab. ||| Michael Jansen, Jordan times - Less than 10 per cent of the land in Israel is privately owned. Ninety-three per cent falls under the Israel Lands Administration which either appropriated state lands or expropriated Palestinian property. Israel was obliged to take this course because the Jewish community owned only a small percentage of the land in the 78 per cent of Palestine captured in 1948. Although the ILA is bound, by law, to allocate this land without discrimination on the basis of ethnicity or religion, municipalities housing Palestinian citizens of Israel, 18 per cent of the population, have jurisdiction over only 2.5 per cent of the land. Shulamit Aloni, founder of the Citizens Rights Movement in Israel which became the leftist Meretz Party, summed up the situation by saying that Israel had become a segregationist state by seizing Arab land, designating it as "state land" and ruling that it should be exploited solely by Jews . . . While the declared purpose of the proposed legislation is to prevent Palestinian citizens from moving into Jewish communities, the adoption of the bill by the Knesset has far greater import for Israel and its inhabitants. It could be used on the ground, in the medium- to long-term, to deprive all of Israel's Palestinian citizens of all their already heavily infringed land rights . . . Israeli editorialists and commentators have expressed concern that this measure will revive the formulation "Zionism is racism," and about accusations that Israel is an apartheid state modeled on South Africa before its racist legislation was repealed. In truth, Zionism is, indeed, racism and Israel has always been an apartheid state. While many Israeli analysts recognize these harsh facts, Western commentators shut them out. It is interesting to note that many quality papers in the US and Europe chose to bury or ignore the Israeli cabinet decision: clearly their proprietors and editors do not wish to revive the "Zionism is racism" accusation. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
