Keith
I was meaning to mention this earlier, but now you seem to have abandoned all pretence of argument and resorted to calling us all bigots and naive moronic racists, I'll do so here if I have your full attention.
Several times, here and elsewhere, you have snidily suggested that I might come from somewhere other than England "Jim, both our countries restrict the freedom of nomadic people"
You even referred to me as "an outsider" on one thread.
You do this in an attempt to undermine what I have to say; it a racist attitude which implies that foreigners have no right to offer an opinion, or that their word is to be trusted less than that of a WASP.
To clarify once more - for the last time I hope.
I was born in England, I carry a British Passport and am a fully fledged British citizen.
My parents were born in Britain, my father in Scotland, my mother in Liverpool; my grandparents, - all four of them, were born in Liverpool and as far as I know their parents were.
I moved to Ireland a dozen years ago to top-and-tail thirty years research work we did on Irish songs and singers and to see if there was anything more to be gathered.
Any Irish connections my family may once have had goes back to the Famine.
You appear to want to instigate a race purity test on contributors to this forum, as well as using it to promote your vomit-provoking views - don't do it again.
I trust this will be the last time I need to mention this nasty little tactic of yours.
Jim Carroll

Speaking of which:
Case Study: The Zubeidat family—"socially unsuitable" to live in Rakefet
Ms. Fatina and Mr. Ahmed Zubeidat are a married Arab couple. They graduated from the College of Architecture at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem with distinction, and they are both pursuing careers as architects. After marrying in 2006, the couple applied to live in the community town of Rakefet, located in Misgav
in northern Israel. The Zubeidals were looking for a small town wilh a high level of services in which to raise their future children. An admissions committee operates in Misgav, which required the couple to take an acceptance test. The committee included a representative from the Jewish Agency. Following an interview with the couple, the committee rejected their application on the humiliating grounds of their "social unsuitability". After being approached by the Zubeidats, Adalah filed a petition on their behalf to the Supreme Court in September 2007
demanding the cancellation of admissions committees.Adalah argued that the actions of these committees contradict the right of citizens to choose their place of residence. Adalah further argued that the criterion
of "social suitability" is arbitrary and open to wide interpretation. In October 2007, the court issued an injunction ordering Rakefet to set aside plot of land for the Zubeidat family pending a final decision on the petition. The petition remains pending.
Ibid