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Wednesday 15 August 2012

Apartheid in Israel

Some facts:
In israel, thousands of Palestinians have been massacred by Israel over the past four decades. In addition, the 500,000 Palestinians living in Israel have long been subjected to state-sponsored apartheid laws that deny them access to work, education and health services.

Palestinians carrying Israeli passports say that Israel has been doing its utmost to "marginalize" them through a series of laws, decrees and security measures.

Israelis of Palestinian origin suffer from discrimination in many walks of life, including when they are held in prison. Discrimination is also employed against Palestinians when they seek to enroll in Israeli universities, where priority is given to Israelis with no Palestinian roots.
... expressed concern over Israel's ongoing effort to limit the number of Palestinians in parliament, adding that such a move would be in violation of the constitution.
That's horrendous, how can the world let this go unmentioned. Why are the airwaves not full of this story?

The reason is a simple one, I doctored the above quotes slightly, the original is at the end of this piece. For the country concerned is not Israel but Jordan. You can find the original article here at The Gatestone Institute. The fact that the world hardly raises a murmur at the real and everyday discrimination Palestinians face in Jordan, Syria and Egypt whilst screaming about Israel I think can only be explained by use of the word anti-Semitism.



'In Lebanon, thousands of Palestinians have been massacred by Lebanese and Syrians over the past four decades. In addition, the 500,000 Palestinians living in Lebanon have long been subjected to state-sponsored apartheid laws that deny them access to work, education and health services.

Palestinians carrying Jordanian passports say that unlike his father, King Abdullah has been doing his utmost to "marginalize" them through a series of laws, royal decrees and security measures.
The king is obviously afraid of the "demographic threat" that the Palestinian population poses. He is also wary of talk about turning Jordan into a Palestinian state -- a move that would, of course, end the royal family's rule of the Hashemite kingdom.

Jordanians of Palestinian origin suffer from discrimination in many walks of life, including when they are held in prison. Discrimination is also employed against Palestinians when they seek to enroll in Jordanian universities, where priority is given to Jordanians with no Palestinian roots.

The letter also expressed concern over King Abdullah's ongoing effort to limit the number of Palestinians in parliament, adding that such a move would be in violation of the constitution.'

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