New Posts For Thread: Why Israel is always singled out?http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/24981737/Why_Israel_is_always_singled_outwww.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-38998... "The main difficulty Israel must contend with in the international theater is the fact that it is one state, facing 57 Muslim states that control 70% of the world’s natural energy sources and boast 1.Since Jewish is a religion and a people, and Arab is an ethnicity - it's certainly possible to be Arab AND Jewish. We have Jews who also belong to the Greek people, the Armenians, and every other tribe on the planet, even the Lakota.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/24981737/Why_Israel_is_always_singled_out?post_id=456394933#456394933Since Jewish is a religion and a people, and Arab is an ethnicity - it's certainly possible to be Arab AND Jewish. We have Jews who also belong to the Greek people, the Armenians, and every other tribe on the planet, even the Lakota.Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:58:23 -0500The support for the right-wing in Israel is not anti-Arab; it is pro-Israel, pro-Jewish.That's quite a funny statement to make. If it's Pro-Jewish it can be anti-Arab default.If one elects a Pro- Christian White party is that not by default an anti-shttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/24981737/Why_Israel_is_always_singled_out?post_id=456332481#456332481The support for the right-wing in Israel is not anti-Arab; it is pro-Israel, pro-Jewish.That's quite a funny statement to make. If it's Pro-Jewish it can be anti-Arab default.If one elects a Pro- Christian White party is that not by default an anti-sThu, 08 Jul 2010 17:19:13 -0500The support for the right-wing in Israel is not anti-Arab; it is pro-Israel, pro-Jewish.However, having said that, it has been my experience that the Jewish population of Israel is not terribly pro-Arab. Nahum is correct, that when normal, mature aduhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/24981737/Why_Israel_is_always_singled_out?post_id=455915165#455915165The support for the right-wing in Israel is not anti-Arab; it is pro-Israel, pro-Jewish.However, having said that, it has been my experience that the Jewish population of Israel is not terribly pro-Arab. Nahum is correct, that when normal, mature aduTue, 06 Jul 2010 07:00:01 -0500KS wrote:"Everyone knows that anti-semitism is rife in the Islamic World, but pretending that anti-arabism and Islamophobia doesn't exist or is little within Jewish community is contrary to facts…."."LOLYes, well, in the 1930s Goebbels accusedhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/24981737/Why_Israel_is_always_singled_out?post_id=455907621#455907621KS wrote:"Everyone knows that anti-semitism is rife in the Islamic World, but pretending that anti-arabism and Islamophobia doesn't exist or is little within Jewish community is contrary to facts…."."LOLYes, well, in the 1930s Goebbels accusedTue, 06 Jul 2010 05:07:34 -0500Thanks for that Nahum;I shall store it in my memory bank*http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/24981737/Why_Israel_is_always_singled_out?post_id=455903181#455903181Thanks for that Nahum;I shall store it in my memory bank*Tue, 06 Jul 2010 03:42:27 -0500Kahane and his party were barred from the Knesset because his platform included cancelling the citizenship of Israeli Arabs. This is against the Jewish and democratic foundations of Israel.Certain Arab parties now sittingin Knesset have representativhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/24981737/Why_Israel_is_always_singled_out?post_id=455763117#455763117Kahane and his party were barred from the Knesset because his platform included cancelling the citizenship of Israeli Arabs. This is against the Jewish and democratic foundations of Israel.Certain Arab parties now sittingin Knesset have representativMon, 05 Jul 2010 03:14:03 -0500Many Arabs hold prejudiced views toward other Arabs, kindredsai. My own relatives in Kuwait are very open about their dislike of Palestinians for example. That doesn't mean they are pro-Israel, just that they don't care for the Palestinians. You musthttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/24981737/Why_Israel_is_always_singled_out?post_id=455711645#455711645Many Arabs hold prejudiced views toward other Arabs, kindredsai. My own relatives in Kuwait are very open about their dislike of Palestinians for example. That doesn't mean they are pro-Israel, just that they don't care for the Palestinians. You mustSun, 04 Jul 2010 14:56:41 -0500Many Arabs hold prejudiced views toward other Arabs, kindredsai. My own relatives in Kuwait are very open about their dislike of Palestinians for example. That doesn't mean they are pro-Israel, just that they don't care for the Palestinians. You musthttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/24981737/Why_Israel_is_always_singled_out?post_id=455635245#455635245Many Arabs hold prejudiced views toward other Arabs, kindredsai. My own relatives in Kuwait are very open about their dislike of Palestinians for example. That doesn't mean they are pro-Israel, just that they don't care for the Palestinians. You mustSat, 03 Jul 2010 22:38:58 -0500While I completely understand a fair political process would include freedom of speech and would allow right wingers to creep in, I am talking about how the vote for the right wing is indicative of anti-arabist sentiment within Israel.When the Fronthttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/24981737/Why_Israel_is_always_singled_out?post_id=455632945#455632945While I completely understand a fair political process would include freedom of speech and would allow right wingers to creep in, I am talking about how the vote for the right wing is indicative of anti-arabist sentiment within Israel.When the FrontSat, 03 Jul 2010 22:09:08 -0500KSYou do not understand the Israeli electoral system. It is ridiculously inclusive and gives fringe groups an out sized representation. Perhaps Habessor or one of our Israeli posters can explain it to you. If we had a similar system the John Birchershttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/24981737/Why_Israel_is_always_singled_out?post_id=455609901#455609901KSYou do not understand the Israeli electoral system. It is ridiculously inclusive and gives fringe groups an out sized representation. Perhaps Habessor or one of our Israeli posters can explain it to you. If we had a similar system the John BirchersSat, 03 Jul 2010 17:34:59 -0500