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Thread #140399   Message #3240922
Posted By: Keith A of Hertford
18-Oct-11 - 03:42 PM
Thread Name: BS: Palestine
Subject: RE: BS: Palestine
Jim, you compare the Israeli treatment of Bedouin to Nazi Germany.
In Nazi Germany, the population of the persecuted minorities went into catastrophic decline.
Israeli Bedouin have the fastest growing population in the world.
An extremely distasteful comparison, offensive to any survivor of those minority groups.

"Ismail Khaldi is the first Bedouin deputy consul of the State of Israel and the highest ranking Muslim in the Israeli foreign service.[85] Khaldi is a strong advocate of Israel. While acknowledging that the state of Israeli Bedouin minority is not ideal, he said

I am a proud Israeli - along with many other non-Jewish Israelis such as Druze, Bahai, Bedouin, Christians and Muslims, who live in one of the most culturally diversified societies and the only true democracy in the Middle East. Like America, Israeli society is far from perfect, but let us deals honestly. By any yardstick you choose -- educational opportunity, economic development, women and gay's rights, freedom of speech and assembly, legislative representation -- Israel's minorities fare far better than any other country in the Middle East"

I also read that, every year, between 5 and 10% of all Bedouin males reaching the required age VOLUNTEER for the army of Israel.