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Thread #67315   Message #1132535
Posted By: CarolC
09-Mar-04 - 06:59 PM
Thread Name: BS: Anti-Semitism & The Left
Subject: RE: BS: Anti-Semitism & The Left
Well, Guest, C-Watch, the description in your link is not one that I was aware of when I made that post. If it is the correct definition of the term, then the suicide bombers would probably fit the description. But then so would Ariel Sharon, with the exception that he did not take his own life after massacring innocent Palestinians (and I'm not refering to Sabra and Shatilla). There are a number of other Israelis who fit that description as well with the exception that they have not taken their own lives after committing the murders. Personally, I think I'll still refrain from using the term "mass murderer" for both of these groups of people.

There is one, and only one difference. Israeli Arab citizens are exempt from military service. The Israeli Knesset operates in a sytem of proportional representation. The percentage of Arab Knesset members is almost identical to the proportion of Arabs within Israel.

This is incorrect. There are different laws pertaining to property ownership, and there are different laws about who can serve in the Knesset. I also don't think that the Palestinian representitives to the Knesset are allowed to vote in the Knesset, but I'll have to double check that one. Also, I heard that there is a new law about Israeli Palestinians not being allowed to marry Palestinians in the Occupied Territories. But I'll need to double check that one as well.