re israel an apartheid state not quite 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 in the past they have not been effective at garnering votes and forming a single bloc in the knesset on the few occasions when this was done some of the parties took stands that were extremist and ineffect precluded themselves from forming a coalition and participating in the cabinet 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 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 joseph askew joseph askew gauche and proud in the autumn stillness see the pleiades jaskew spam maths adelaide edu remote in thorny deserts fell the grief disclaimer sue see if i care north of our tents the sky must end somwhere actually i rather like brenda beyond the pale the river murmurs on
