They were asking to change the flag, language, anthem etc. to recognize the Arabic character of Israel. Yes it would have changed the character of Israel just as if Canada were to change its flag, language anthem etc. to recognize my Polish heritage. Every country has the right to determine its own language, flag etc just as I hope the Palestinians will one day in their own sovereign nation if they ever stop listing to people like you and gryphon (or whatever he is calling himself these days). That has nothing at all to do with democracy.
The Knesset officially declares that Israeli democracy is for Jews only
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The bill called for equal rights, Israeli politicians called that dangerous to Israel and had the bill killed.
Not because of the flag or language.
This was most definitely Israel stating that there are not and will not be equal rights for Palestinians.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018...-equal-status-jews-arabs-180605103127742.html
That is admitting Israel is apartheid.
Read the bill. there are equal rights under the law. Their interpretation of equal rights is that the flag, language, anthem etc should include Arabic etc. that is not what equal rights are about. That is about changing the national identity of a country which every country is entitled to determine.
Not.
Of course you bitch endlessly that Israel calls itself the homeland of the Jewish people but you don't bat an eyelash at all the officially Muslim states, even ones like the Palestinians who deny rights to any Jews.
...That Palestinians hate the idea but in your racist elitism you think you know what's good for them.
And I see you don't dare condemn the fact that 47% of Palestinians support attacks on Israe4li civilians.
74% of Palestinians support international actions.
You are ignoring that to try to demonize Palestinians again.
Palestinians don't trust Israelis, and after 50 years of occupation that's understandable.
But that doesn't make equal rights the wrong solution.
None of those countries even claim to democracy or value western ideals. Israel does, they are heavily funded and protected by the West as well.
Israel isn't a democracy, its an apartheid state.
As you have argued, its the Jewish state, not a democracy.
You got it dawg!
So whats your point. You think people sayin that bs is gonna make a difference.
Go get shot in gaza you won't be missed.
I appreciate your honesty, at least you and Phil admit Israel is apartheid.
Its the basketcases who won't honestly discuss the matter that are much worse.
As we apply a different standard to your country. Are you saying we should apply the lowest standard to all?
No one has to be 'good' until there are no more ignorant barbarians left in the world? Then we all start behaving like civilized people the next day? Sounds like a fairy-tale to me.
Just how does your sort of value-system and moral thinking work?
I guess you could easily replace Jewish with Aryan supremacy and see how that turned out. All this claim of exceptionalism is nonsense regardless of who it comes from and it all ends up with the same horrors.
Are you saying Canada denies people of Chinese ethnicity from buying land? Wow you are full of shit. But go ahead and justify racist laws targeting Jews.
At least you are in the right realm now. Canadians of Chinese ethnicity have full rights in Canada but foreigners don't. Same thing in Israel. Israeli Arabs have full rights but foreigners don't.
So you have no problem that 47% of Palestinians support terrorism? Don't you think that's worth criticizing (of course you don't because you never criticize terrorism from Palestinians).
WTF? You don't want to criticize horrible rights abusers but want to criticize a state that is somewhat close to Canadian values?
p.s. Despite your claims Lebanon, Egypt, and Iran consider themselves democracies and have major issues with human rights but you I don't see posts from you criticizing them. In fact you routinely defend Iran.
You apply a different standard to the US?
And maybe it's my engineering mind but I've always looked to fix the biggest problem first but if you are okay judging a one Middle Eastern state by a different standard than the rest just because of it's majority religion then I think you are the one who needs to examine his moral value-system.
35% say the back an armed intifada, that's not terrorism.
http://www.pcpsr.org/en/node/725
Palestinians have a right to defend themselves from an illegal occupation.
You should be heartened that 74% support international actions.
After all, this is what they lived through last week:
http://pchrgaza.org/en/?p=10937
