The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #88402   Message #1659816
Posted By: CarolC
01-Feb-06 - 11:36 PM
Thread Name: BS: Mudcat Anti-semitism
Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Anti-semitism
There are other differences in their rights, artbrooks. If an Arab Israeli marries a Palestinian, that Arab Israeli does not have the right to live with his or her spouse in Israel, and the spouse does not have a right to become an Israeli citizen, but Israeli Jews have the automatic right to have their spouses live with them in Israel, and for their spouses to become Israeli citizens. If an Arab Israeli gives birth in a hospital in the occupied Palestinian areas to a Palestinian spouse, that Arab Israeli doesn't have the right to expect that her child will have Israeli citizenship. If an Arab Israeli supports the idea of Palestinian "right of return", that Arab Israeli can be barred from serving in the Knesset. And there are other differences.

This article gives some background on Israel's discriminatory property laws and practices...

http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:hpoghRXulG8J:www.cohre.org/downloads/palestine/P3-mediarelease.doc+%22property+laws%22+israel&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=8

And some non-Jewish Israelis consider being barred from the Israeli military to be a big disadvantage because many of the material benefits in Israeli society are only accorded to those who serve in the Israeli military. So that, in itself, is a form of discrimination.

None of these things would be tolerated here in the United States.