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Thread #149360   Message #3478289
Posted By: Jim Carroll
11-Feb-13 - 01:25 PM
Thread Name: BS: Israel condemned by UN
Subject: RE: BS: Israel condemned by UN
We seem to have established that moving whole communities to toxic garbage dumps is a "hyped up non-issue."
Let's try this one on equality.
Jim Carroll
"While formally equal according to Israeli law, a number of official sources acknowledge that Arab citizens of Israel experience discrimination in many aspects of life. Israeli High Court Justice (Ret.) Theodor Or wrote in The Report by the State Commission of Inquiry into the Events of October 2000:
The Arab citizens of Israel live in a reality in which they experience discrimination as Arabs. This inequality has been documented in a large number of professional surveys and studies, has been confirmed in court judgments and government resolutions, and has also found expression in reports by the state comptroller and in other official documents. Although the Jewish majority's awareness of this discrimination is often quite low, it plays a central role in the sensibilities and attitudes of Arab citizens. This discrimination is widely accepted, both within the Arab sector and outside it, and by official assessments, as a chief cause of agitation.[174]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_citizens_of_Israel