re israel an apartheid state not quite in article spam maths adelaide edu au jaskew spam maths adelaide edu au joseph askew writes in article se ninnfo early bird think com shaig think com shai guday writes in article spam maths adelaide edu au jaskew spam maths adelaide edu au joseph askew writes there are arabs in cabinet but look how long it took and to what insignificant positions they are assigned and this is based solely on race not political belief or security as jewish members of the same party have always been welcome just not their fellow arabs first of all the arab standing in any party or as any party is solely dependent upon the amount of political power they can wield effectively it is not a question of an individuals standing when a party puts up an arab for a cabinet post and that arab is rejected but the position is given to a jew from the same party we are not talking about power but racism would you care to deny this has happened on several occasions with labour coalitions please cite specific examples where an arab party member was rejected while a jewish party member was accepted if you examine these i am sure you will discover that the arab party member did not have the power base that his jewish counterpart had the party structure in israel has changed quite a bit insofar as knesset member elections go knesset members for most parties are now elected via primaries the top standing members end up with cabinet posts this is purely a political power issue check the ranking of arab labor party members as opposed to jewsih members and let me know which posts are held by jews that ranked lower in the party than their arab fellow electees once again if for arguments sake all the arab israelis were to vote for labor at the next election you can rest assured that the number of arab mks and cabinet members would increase proportionately to the power shift not their party them as individuals even when they belong to nice peaceful zionist mainstream parties they are not welcome arabs are excluded on ficitious security grounds which are just an excuse it sure looks like racism to me you are overlooking the fact that they wield political power as individuals based upon a wider collective power base arabs are excluded from cabinet even when they do the things you suggest because they are arabs unless of course you have a better reason i am happy to listen to any good reason why a leftist jew is less of a security risk than a leftist arab from the same party look at the present cabinet the reasoning i see at work is purely political as far as security goes i think that some serious gaffs were made by right wing jews as well e g sharon shai guday stealth bombers os software engineer thinking machines corp the winged ninja of the skies cambridge ma
