Some more information on the late Dr. Israel Shahak (as of the time the article was written) -

"Israel Shahak, a Holocaust survivor and retired professor of chemistry at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, is chairman of the Israeli League of Human Civil Rights."

More information on the myth of democracy in Israel from the Christian Science Monitor -

ANNALS OF DISCRIMINATION

Citizen Arabs: the neglected residents of Israel

A recent US report accuses Israel of systematic bias against Israeli Arabs...