Israeli poll finds majority in favour of "apartheid" policies

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More than two-thirds of Israeli Jews say that 2.5 million Palestinians living in the West Bank should be denied the right to vote if the area was annexed byIsrael, in effect endorsing an apartheid state,according to an opinion poll reported in Haaretz.Three out of four are in favour of segregated roads for Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank, and 58% believe Israel already practises apartheid against Palestinians, the poll found.A third want Arab citizens within Israel to be banned from voting in elections to the country's parliament. Almost six out of 10 say Jews should be given preference to Arabs in government jobs, 49% say Jewish citizens should be treated better than Arabs, 42% would not want to live in the same building as Arabs and the same number do not want their children going to school with Arabs.A commentary by Gideon Levy, which accompanied the results of the poll, described the findings as disturbing. 'Israelis themselves are openly, shamelessly and guiltlessly defining themselves as nationalistic racists,' he wrote.'It's good to live in this country, most Israelis say, not despite its racism, but perhaps because of it. If such a survey were released about the attitude to Jews in a European state, Israel would have raised hell. When it comes to us, the rules don't apply.'The poll was conducted by a public opinion firm, Dialog, which interviewed 503 people out of an Israeli Jewish population of just under 6 million.Talk of the possible annexation of the West Bank, or the main settlement blocks within it, has increased in recent months as expectations of a negotiated settlement to the conflict have sunk to an all-time low. Israel's defence minister, Ehud Barak, recently argued for the annexation of land between the internationally recognised Green Line and the Israeli-built separation barrier.The poll results will bolster the claim of Israel's Arab citizens, who make up 20% of the population, that they suffer from racist discrimination. Almost half the poll's respondents said Israeli Arabs should be transferred to the Palestinian Authority, and a third said that Arab towns in Israel should be moved to the PA's jurisdiction in exchange for Jewish settlements in the West Bank.According to the Haaretz report, the survey found that ultra-Orthodox Jews held the most extreme views about Arabs, with 70% supporting a legal ban on voting rights and 95% backing discrimination against Arabs in the workplace.http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/23/israeli-poll-majority-apartheid-policiesI know very little aboot this Israel/Palestine shenanigans so have at it, OT.

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Darkman2007

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#101 Darkman2007

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Gideon Levy is obviously a self hating Jew
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Gideon Levy is generally disliked in the country , more laughed at than anything that said,

you could argue there is some truth in this , I can see around 3/10 people dislikeing Arabs for one reason or another , mostly among sfaradim ironically.

the Likud gets alot of support from sfaradim and such (not necessarily all of them , but the voting patterns for the Likud are more around the 50/50 line, as opposed to Labour for instance which always had issues with the sfaradim

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#102 jun_aka_pekto

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[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]Why should non-Israeli citizens be able to vote? BossPerson

lol, so if annexed, they wouldnt be Israeli citizens?

Not necessarily if those non-Israeli citizens aren't granted citizenship. There are a lot of legal immigrants in the US who have Resident Alien status. Although they pay taxes and have many rights of US citizens, they can't vote either unless they become US citizens.

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