PLease, when a law is referred to, cite the law exactly and the source from which you are quoting from. This way we can look the law up and read it in its context. Thanks.

Kindredsai,

There is no law in Israel making marriages between Jews and non-Jews illegal as there were miscegenation laws in 17 USA States making marriage between the races illegal, until those laws were struck down by the USA Supreme Court in 1967.(see Loving vs. The State of Virginia)

In Israel there is no civil marriage. All marriages are conducted by the religious functionaries including Jewish, Christian and Muslim clergy among others. If one of these clergy agrees to perform a mixed marriage, it is legal. If mixed couple goes abroad (usually to Cyprus) and marry there, that marriage is legal in Israel. If the mixed couple through a lawyer arranges a recognized marriage abroad without actually going there, that marriage is recognized as legal in Israel.

It would be convenient if there was civil marriage in Israel but there isn't and people here manage to marry across religious lines without it and most important, those marriages are recognized as legal in Israel. There is no law forbidding mixed marriages here.

As for being drafted in the IDF; most countries, including the USA, give special benefits to civilians who have formerly served in the armed forces. In this, Israel is no different than any other state. In Israel Jews and Druze are drafted into the IDF; the latter at the insistence of their own community leaders. The Arab community leaders insisted that their people not be drafted into the IDF. Despite that, many Christian and Muslim Arabs serve in the IDF and get all the benefits that their Jewish and Druze ex-service people get. There are possibilities of alternative 
non-military national service. A program was instituted about two years ago that required Arabs to do community service for a couple of years in their own communities and that would entitle them to the same rights as those serving in the IDF. The Arab political leaders objected to this program and encouraged their own people not to participate. As I understand it growing numbers of Arabs are not listening to their political leaders.

Habesor  

Dos, Israel is a secular state. All marriages performed in Israel are religious. However the state recognizes civil marriages performed abroad. Dos, if you think that Israel should have civil marriages, I agree. If you think that Israel should have same sex marriages, I also agree. Israel doesn't have civil marriage but extends certain rights of married couples to couples who are not married formally but are "known to the pubic" as being a couple. It is sort of like common law marriage in certain American states. In addition gay couples are also not married but have many of the rights of formally married non-gay  (sad?) couples. 

The system is by no means perfect but it has changed over time and I expect that one of these days we will have civil marriage. It is a fact that Jewish marriages as they are specified in the Talmud, are civil unions. However, the Rabbis have established a role in the wedding ceremony and they don't want to give up the resulting prerogatives. There are some political parties, on the right and the left, advocating civil marriage. At the moment the arrangement doesn't bother the Israeli electorate enough to make a fuss about it. 

Habesor

Howdy BaDboy

Oct 15, 2010 -- 3:51PM, BDboy wrote:

Furthermore, as you acknowledge BD there was always a small, fluctuating prescence of Jews in Palestine--importantly, this is pre-Zionism.

>>>>>> I do not understand that, why do you assume that, I am doing to deny a historical fact just to win an argument ?

I am not here to bash any group rather share my opinion about this topic. Certain members are extracting "Muslim" flavor from opinions. 

Do you think it may be because you are a Muslim?

Oct 15, 2010 -- 3:51PM, BDboy wrote:

Couple years ago I read an article where the author shown that, Palestinians were there even before Jews migrated from Africa to modern day Palestine. 

Show me the article!  

ALL human beings migrated from Africa.  

 The Jews (Hebrew: יְהוּדִים‎ "Yehudim" IPA: jɛhuːdiːm), also known as the Jewish people, are a nation and ethnoreligious group originating in the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East. 

The first of the two ancient eras spanned from 1350^[9] to 586 BCE, and encompassed the periods of the Judges, the United Monarchy, and the Divided Monarchy of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, ending with the destruction of the First Temple. "

For further details:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews

Palestine has not existed as an independent country or nation for a long, long, long time. 

There is a difference between "modern" Palestine and "ancient" Palestine. 

"As a geographic term, Palestine can refer to "ancient Palestine," an area that today includes Israel and the ^[2] Palestinian territories, as well as part of Jordan, and some of both Lebanon and Syria.^[1]

Palestine then is not only "occupied" by Israel but is also "occupied" by JORDAN, LEBANON, and SYRIA. 

I would also point out that the ancient Palestinians-Philistines WERE NOT MUSLIMS.  They were idol worshipping, human-sacrifcing polytheists. 

Philistine culture was almost fully integrated with that of Canaan and the Canaanites. The deities they worshiped were Baal, Astarte and Dagon, whose names or variations thereof appear in the Canaanite pantheon as well.

For further details:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine

It is thought that the ancient Philistines were NOT Arabic or semitic. That they are not "native" to the geographic region. 

"The Philistines (whose traces disappear before the 5th century BCE) are presently considered to have been among them, giving the name Philistia to the region in which they settled, located in present-day Gaza. Around 1480 BCE, the Israelites emerged in the area, settling mostly in the mountainous regions of Judea near Hebron, the burial site of their tribal patriarchs Jacob, Isaac, and Abraham

The ancient Philistines were of Greek  origin.  Seafarers who "occupied" the Holy Land.   Philistines (Hebrew: פְּלִשְׁתִּים‎, p'lishtim) (see "other uses" below) were a people who occupied the southern coast of Canaan, their territory being named Philistia in later contexts. It is theorized that the latter Philistines originated among the "sea peoples". Modern archaeology has also suggested early cultural links with the Mycenean world in Greece.^[1] 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philistia 

Palestine-Philista and Israel did have their problems but treaties were made between them. Palestine-Philista ceased to exist when the Babyalonions conquered the entire region, including Isreal.  When the Persians  then conquered the Babylonia the allowed the Jews to re-establish Judea, but not the establishment of Palestine-Philistia.  Then the Greeks defeated the Persians, the Romans defeated the Greeks, and the Arab-Muslims then defeated Rome, they lost Palestine it and regained.  And all during the time the Muslims controlled the region up until the end of WWI they did grant independence to Palestine.    

Oct 15, 2010 -- 3:51PM, BDboy wrote:

Personally it does not effect me if some or all Jews start to live in Palestine. However I feel this sort of populist-religious ideologies are reason for much destruction in our world. Jews, Muslim or Christians can always travel or visit the "Holy land".

Does it affect you personally if people, wether Jews, Christians, Muslims, or even Atheists want to LIVE in the "Holy Land".  I would agree with you that religious idealogies are the reason for so much destruction in the Holey Land and on the rest of the planet. 

Or maybe it is the Not-Real, So-Called, Misunderstanders and Hijackers or "true-tolerant-peaceful"  religious idealogies that is the cause of destruction in the Holey Land and the rest of the planet.  

Is it okay with you that Jews and Christians can VISIT Islamic "Holy(?) Lands" like Arabia, Mecca, and Medina?   

Oct 15, 2010 -- 3:51PM, BDboy wrote:

 It they want to take a few truck load of "Sand" from there to fulfill any religious rituals in Germany, they can.

By "they" do you mean Muslims, Christians and Jews? 

I am pretty sure that none of  these groups use "Sand" to fulfill any religious rituals anywhere.

Oct 15, 2010 -- 3:51PM, BDboy wrote:

 What troubles me that, WHY ALL of them have to move there at the same time and FORCE native population and make refugees out of them.

Surely not ALL of them use FORCE to make native poplulace refugees.  Surely Muslims would never  ever do such a thing. 

Oct 15, 2010 -- 3:51PM, BDboy wrote:

 Reminds me about American history and native Americans { Also known as red Indians} and "Trail of tears".  

It reminds me of when the native Pagan, Jews and Christians were......requested  to leave Arabia when Not-Real, So-Called, Misuderstanders and Hijackers of Islam consolidated their conqueroring of Arabia. 

It reminds me of the appox 500,000 native Jews refuggees who made an....Exodus from Arab lands in 1948. 

The Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim lands refers to the 20th century mass departure of Jews, primarily of Sephardi and Mizrahi background, from Arab and Islamic countries. The migration started in the late 19th century and peaked following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Between 800,000-1,000,000 Jews were expelled or left their homes in Arab countries due to persecution and anti-Semitism.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_refugees_from_Arab_lands

Oct 15, 2010 -- 3:51PM, BDboy wrote:

 As I mentioned before, Rachel was not just one case. Every month new "Settlers" [ You can call them outlaws, looters etc but in Israel it is "Kosher"] are removing native population. State of Israel is allowing them to keep firearms and helping them terrorizing native population. While calling them 'Terrorists" if they want to oppose this savage ideas.

Well the reason that the State of Israel is allowing the "settlers" to have weapons is to protect themselves from freedom fighters who are defending themselves in disputed settlements.  Of course you could call these freedom fighters like Abu Nidal Organization , Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades , HAMAS (Islamic Resistance Movement), Islamic Jihad Group , Palestine Liberation Front ,Palestinian Islamic Jihad , Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine , PFLP-General Command or you could call them terrorists and populist-religious ideologes are reason for much destruction in our world.  

It is interesting that none of these freedom fighter-terrorists are Christians-Palestinians. 

And these are just the freedom fighters, So-Called, Not Real, Hijackers in Palestine. 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._State_Departm...

Oct 15, 2010 -- 3:51PM, BDboy wrote:

The same United Nations which re-created Israel, calls these activities illigal but who cares? As long these are non-Jews!!

Especially as  long as these are illegal activities are mostly Muslims. 

Oct 15, 2010 -- 3:51PM, BDboy wrote:

Guess we used to call it "Racism". .........  

If we did call it "Racism" we were wrong to do so because the Palestinians are neither not a race.  It is a group of people, Muslims and Christians(but NOT JEWS)who live in geographic region called modern Palestine. 

"Racism is the belief that the genetic factors which constitute race are a primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race.^[1] Racism's effects are called "racial discrimination." In the case of institutional racism, certain racial groups may be denied rights or benefits, or receive preferential treatment. "

Now if you are referencing Muslims who are living in ISLAMIC Palestine you could call it religious bigotry.  Or if you are referring to the Muslims AND Christians(but NOT JEWS)living in Palestine you could call it ethnocentricism, or geographic centrism. 

But Racism would not be accurate. 

Personally I don't think there is ever going to be peace in Palestine.  I think referring to it as the "Holy" Land is a pathetic joke.   

Have A Thinking Day And May Reason Guide You

P.S.  

Are Same Sex Civil Marriage perfomed in another country recoginized in Israel? 

Can an Israeli woman who happens to be Muslim marry an Israeli men who happens to be Jewish or Christian?  

Oct 18, 2010 -- 5:41PM, IDBC wrote:

Are Same Sex Civil Marriage perfomed in another country recoginized in Israel? 

I believe so, but I'm not 100% sure. Habesor, do you know?

Oct 18, 2010 -- 5:41PM, IDBC wrote:

Can an Israeli woman who happens to be Muslim marry an Israeli man who happens to be Jewish or Christian?  

Not in Israel, as there would be no recognized court that would perform such a marriage.

However,

Were they to marry abroad, the marriage would be recognized.