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nycbos

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2. Israel is not an apartheid state.

Reply to sfdennis1 (Reply #1)

Fri Nov 8, 2024, 11:49 AM

Nov 8

20% of the population are Arabs. Most are Muslim but you also have Christians There's even a small persian Bahai community in Haifa. Israel granted them asylum after the Iranian revolution. Arabs in Israel vote, serve in parliament, the judiciary, and every aspect of Israeli society. Now do Israeli Arabs face discrimination? Of course. Every ethnic and religious minority face discrimination in every country in the world.

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Not Quite sfdennis1 Nov 8 #1

Israel is not an apartheid state. nycbos Nov 8 #2

Not Quite sfdennis1 Nov 9 #3

And yet, it does not exempt a group from being bigoted against its own members. Behind the Aegis Nov 9 #4

Not to mention Israel is the only country in the middle east where LGBT people can live openly. nycbos Nov 9 #5