-Caveat Lector-
on 10/03/02 2:39 PM, flw at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> -Caveat Lector-
>
>> How do you explain the non-Jews I know who have moved to Israel with no
>> problems? I have never seen any evidence of barring non-Jews from
>> immigrating, or becoming citizens. I'm not trying to be dishonest. I
> think
>> you are factually wrong here.
>
> Israel has a legal policy forbidding immigration by non-Jews. Yes,
> non -Jews
> can get permission to reside in Israel if they have a good reason, mostly
> for business or academic reasons - but they cannot become citizens.
I'm pretty sure you are just out and out wrong on this fact. I will check
though - but I'm fairly positive this is incorrect.
>
>> No question Arabs form the underclass there, much as blacks and Hispanics
> do
>> here. It is a sad thing about humans everywhere, locked into the politics
> of
>> identity. Tragic, and unfortunately universal. However in Israel, outside
>> the west bank and Gaza, Arabs own homes, have businesses, serve as
> elected
>> officials, get bank loans, send their kids to school, etcetc.
>
> Do Arabs, Ethiopian Jews, etc. form an economic deprived class?
> Yes, but I am not speaking economics. Israel practices legal segregation.
> By law, native born Arab-Israelis are forbidden the right to live where
> they
> want, cannot get govt jobs, serve in the military; be eligible for
> educational assistance, certain welfare benefits, or get accepted into
> good schools - similiar to the South in the 1950's. Israeli Arabs cannot
> bring their relatives into Israel for immigration although Jews are
> encouraged
> to do this.
>
Again, I think you are off the mark. I will try to research it, but this is
NOT my understanding of the situation.
> Whether or not Israel has a 'right' to have such a society is not the
> issue.
> They can have whatever type of society they can get away with. BUT
> they cannot call themselves a free society nor are they a democracy.
>
Arabs can vote. If they couldn't they wouldn¹t have had to boycott the
election that got Sharon in power. The boycott was very public and reported
in the news.
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