Israeli Arab rights center calls for ban on talk of transfer

[Scurrilous]

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/434087.html

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"Thousands of Israeli Arab citizens are suffering from increasing racism, xenophobia, incitement and violence, according to the annual Racism in Israel 2004 report released Tuesday by the Mossawa Advocacy Center for Arab Citizens in Israel.

The report's authors accused authorities, primarily the police and legal system, for being responsible for the climate of violence and racism against Arab citizens. This responsibility ranges from direct actions such as illegal and unjustified police shootings of Arab citizens to a tendency for the police and courts to relate forgivingly to displays of racism against Arabs by private citizens and public figures, the report says.

At a Jerusalem press conference, Mossawa leaders called for enforcement of existing laws against racism, incitement and violence.

Against the background of increasingly frequent calls from political figures to transfer Arab citizens from Israel - notably Transportation Minister Avigdor Lieberman's plan for "separation of the nations" - Mossawa called for new legislation making public discussions on transfer illegal."

[damnraddem]

1. In the former Yugoslavia, 'ethnic cleansing' was a euphemism for genocide.

In the current Israel, 'transfer' is a euphenism for 'ethnic cleansing.'

[mmm]

2. and genocide it is

[Classical_Liberal]

3. The interesting parts of the report

Against the background of increasingly frequent calls from political figures to transfer Arab citizens from Israel - notably Transportation Minister Avigdor Lieberman's plan for "separation of the nations" - Mossawa called for new legislation making public discussions on transfer illegal.

Mossawa said the report is based on the Israeli law against racism and incitement, and is modeled on the recent report on anti-Semitism released by European human rights organizations.

A significant portion of the Mossawa report deals with statements by public figures against Arab citizens, including Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's contention that Israel's Arab citizens constitute a "demographic problem."

Other comments cited in the report included Public Security Minister Tzachi Hanegbi's call for Jewish residents of the Negev region to "take up clubs" and expel Bedouin squatters, and Deputy Defense Minister Ze'ev Boim's statement early in the year that the connection between Arabs and terrorism is a "genetic or cultural flaw.".......

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/434087.html

[number6]

4. Israel the only "Democracy" in the middle east that considers

...transfer (ethnic cleansing) eh how bout dose A--rabs fur Israel
:eyes:

[newyorican]

5. glad you place democracy in quotes...

it ceased being that some time ago...unless you've a perverted sense of democracy...