re israel an apartheid state in article igc apc org center for policy research cpr igc apc org writes by elias davidsson april revision oct note you are already posting facts some of which are outdated the biased presentation of facts as well as the conclusions that you reach leave me little hope of engaging in any fruitful exchange that might lead to a meeting of the minds it is to those who read with open mind that i address myself the international convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination adopted by the general assembly of the united nations in has now been ratified by most member states article of this convention defines the term racial discrimination as any distinction exclusion restriction or preference based on race colour descent or national or ethnic origin which has the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition enjoyment or exercise on an equal footing of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political economic social cultural or any other field of public life while the ideals embodied in this text are worthy goals as the text currently stands i know of no country in which racial discrimination of some sort can not be found it makes no mention of the need for for a legislative violation the general assembly endorsed in a resolution defining zionism as a form of racism and racial discrimination the important correct and legitimate resolution is incomplete since it does not include operative statements designed to end israeli racial discrimination meanwhile the united states on behalf of israel are exerting heavy pressure on member states of the united nations to repeal this resolution and give israeli racial practices zionism moral legitimacy if you are in principle advocating un intervention via operative statements in this case it must therefore hold that they can be applied to any other case where the council perceives some form of racial discrimination as previously exhibited scarey thought the very definition of israel as a state belonging to the jews of the world but not to its inhabitants alienates all native non jews born in that country actually i know quite a few native non jews born in israel that are not alienated by this law if you had said some you would probably be correct however your tendency to exagerate and slant facts becomes apparent this slant permeates the text practically all non jews who are living in or originate from areas under israeli control identify themselves as palestinians most of them are muslim many are christian a few jews including the author of these lines also identify themselves as palestinians the above statement is not true practically all discounting beduins circassians druze and some other fringe groups your own identification is a matter that has no bearing upon the issue you could equally identify yourself as a insert group zionism took off in europe at the end of last century it s aim was to create a jewish state in palestine in spite of the adamant opposition of palestinian arabs of the population if i recall correctly at the time zionism took off there was no adamant opposition in palestine i am open to any factual contradictory evidence but the zionists were more powerful militarily economically and technologically and succeeded in in conquering of the area of mandatory palestine after driving into exile most native arabs from the conquered areas approximately people and razing most of their villages to the ground the zionists could finally establish a predominantly jewish state only non jews remained on israeli territory do you therefore contend that the villages you mention further on most of their villages once the jewish state was established it began enacting laws to help the confiscation of land from native non jews their political repression and their destitution there is no doubt that laws passed provided a framework which was later used for these purposes however you seem to imply that this was the intention a priori which implies a policy and agenda my knowledge was that this was not the case you also neglect to mention the circumstances that surrounded this as you do again below in the state of israel invaded egypt and syria and occupied the rest of palestine the west bank and the gaza strip thus another million palestinians fell under its juridiction its occupation of palestinian and other arab territories is considered illegal by the international community as reflected in security council resolutions israel has rejected all u n resolutions and began without delay to entrench its occupation and rule over these territories with the aim of annexing them at the appropriate time not quite accurate israel has not rejected all the resolutions though it has conflicting understanding with regards to some of them israel never annexed the sinai west bank or gaza the other annexations were brought about partly due to the un resolutions part of these territores east jerusalem and the golan heights have already been forcefully annexed by israel in defiance of international law and un resolutions out of curiousity provided that the annexees are granted citizenship what int l law do you claim prohibits annexation of territories captured in war has this ever been applied to any other country previously other than iraq it must be emphasized that although these people live under different regimes they are united in their self perception as palestinians that is as people identifying with palestine a territorial entity not an ethnic or religious entity incorrect palestinians themselves claim to be discriminated against on an ethnic or racial basis therefore your above statement is incorrect i also note that given the previous definition of racial discrimination the only means that you could argue for that is nationalistically however no such nation has existed it definitely did not exist at the time of the creation of israel in which case you can not argue racial discrimination during that period furthermore palestinians generally consider the plo both as a symbol of national identity and as the unchallenged authority that represents them in world affairs once again some do some don t the non jewish population living in the palestinian and other arab territories occupied by israel in suffers not only blatant discrimination but is subject to brutal military occupation another generalization but then again you don t seem to care about anyone other than the palestinian people whose cause you espouse licence to start a business and to buy industrial equipment the right to educate children all of these basic rights are subject to arbitrary rulings by military authorities and cannot be challenged in court incorrect once again they have the ability to appeal furthermore although you may not agree with them not all of the military rulings are senseless or arbitrary some are but this is not due to the whims of the military as much as the sizeof the task organization only jewish inhabitants of the occupied territories are permitted to carry firearms incorrect once again i know two arab policemen who lived in daheisha and there were more of course with the outbreak of the intifada they were forced by the locals to resign bitterly jewish settlers have right to more water per person than non jews jewish residents of these territories number now about people it is israel governmentus policy to increase this number substantially in total defiance of international law un resolutions and the will of the population the state of israel systematically confiscates land from non jewish inhabitants of these territories for jewish settlement that is no longer true and i can t help but wonder what your purpose is was in posting this some people in israel proper are not jews most of them consider themselves palestinians with israeli citizenship for many years after the establishment of israel they were subjected to harsh military control much of their land was confiscated by the state and handed to jewish organisations for exclusive jewish settlement they have been subject to massacres destitution and humiliation while they enjoy with jewish israelis the right to vote they are discriminated against both through law and in practice once again to hell with the other minorities that don t fit in right their are many villages who did not suffer in the way you seem to indicate abu gosh comes to mind yes some did but as a result of what actions approximately of the surface of the state of israel within the rgreen lines is for all purposes closed to palestinians who are second class citizens in israel they may neither legally live on such land nor rent or cultivate it a direct effect of these policies is that native non jewish citizens of israel are denied residence and membership rights in most rural communities in israel including the collective settlements kibbutzim non jews are discriminated against in many other ways the government starves local authorities of palestinian villages and townships of funds jewish city councils force palestinians to live in ghettos jewish families receive higher child allocations than their non jewish neighbors palestinian schools suffer underfunding and understaffing as compared to jewish schools palestinian children are denied the right to learn their history and literature israelis who struggle for equal rights and for the end of racial discrimination suffer continuous harassment by the authorities there are some kibbutzim with arab non jewish members it is up to the members of the kibbutz there is no legislation against it nor against a purely non jewish collective funds are the result of political lobbying bearing in mind that non jews compose of the voting population it has never failed to amaze me that they fail to form one large bloc and increase their power the recent elections are a case in point please provide factual evidence supporting your allegation with regard to educational material you have obviously never seen the curriculum of a school in the west bank it is based upon jordan s school system with regard to your last statement it is simply another gross generalization the state of israel refuses to acknowledge itself as the state of all its inhabitants although the israeli cabinet has never openly endorsed the transfer idea the forced removal from the country of its native palestinian population that is its ultimate judaization israeli government policies towards non jews bear the mark of this final solution no attempt is made by the zionist authorities to integrate palestinian arabs into israeli public life thus although comprising approximately of the population of israeli citizens no palestinian citizen of israel has ever served as cabinet member as director of ministry or of a national institution as judge of the supreme court as ambassador of israel or in any leading position in israeli economic or financial life even the director of the ministry for arab affairs yes such a thing exists is a jew another generalization but lets not stop here the transfer idea was espoused by one party in the last gov t moledet it was intended to be a solution to the problem in the territories not the country itself with regard to other items i recall at least one arab ambassador and the rest was covered previously although sexual relations between and cohabitation of jews and non jews are legal they are considered by israeli zionist society somewhat a betrayal of the jewish and zionist ethics the israeli educational system nurtures this attitude in a systematic way when was the last time you were in israel that is simply not true nor has it been for quite some time the question of religious intervention is best answered by the proportional representation and the lack of any arab party bloc to counter the orthodox one zionism rejects the idea of a modern secular state based on equality of all citizens this is one main reason why israel has not produced any written constitution simply incorrect the answer is political once again your failure to understand the dynamics and movements inside israeli gov t relegates your contentions to the sidelines zionism predicates a state where jews have privileged rights thus according to israeli law a jew born in london who has never visited israel does not speak hebrew and professes atheism is granted automatic israeli citizenship while native palestinian inhabitants who happen to be christian or muslim are treated almost as aliens racial discrimination as defined in international law is thus not only reflected in israeli laws and policies but is grounded in the very nature of israel as a jewish state but the discrimination is not based upon race oops sorry nasty habit i have of countering malicious false truths any proposal for israeli arab and israeli palestinian peace that does not address the issue of racial discrimination by israel that is the zionist nature of the state of israel is thus doomed to fail real world intrusion any proposal that does is doomed to fail of course i wouldn t expect you to understand wrapped up as you are in your view of things let s not let anything penetrate shall we i may be a bit too sarcastic but there is a limit to the amount of patience i have for rubbish at shai guday stealth bombers os software engineer thinking machines corp the winged ninja of the skies cambridge ma
