Israeli Jews believe Arab citizens should have no say in foreign policy

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  1. Marlowe

    Marlowe New Member

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    Israel , a democracy ?

    IMO - the true stats are likely to be much worse.

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    Poll: Most Israeli Jews believe Arab citizens should have no say in foreign policy

    Israel Democratic Institute conducts study on democracy, concludes that more than half Israelis say Arabs should be encouraged to emigrate.
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    Approximately 86 percent of Israeli Jews believe any final Knesset decision regarding the country's future political arrangement must be approved by a Jewish majority,
    according to a poll released Tuesday by the Israel Democratic Institute.

    More than 62 percent of Israeli Jewish respondents also said that as long as conflict with the Palestinians continued, the state should not take into account Israeli Arab opinions regarding foreign policy

    The study also found that 53 percent of Israeli Jews believe the state has the right to encourage Arab citizens to emigrate, while 55 percent said Jewish cities should receive more government resources than Arab communities.
    Another 51 percent of those polled said that Israeli Arabs and Jews should have equal rights.

    Some 54 percent of Israelis said they believed legal action should not be taken against citizens who speak up against the state. Another 50 percent supported the claim that anti-Zionist parties should be allowed to run for the Knesset.

    The study also revealed that almost half of the Jewish Israelis polled would be bothered to have an Arab neighbor. That topic also found that 39 percent considered patients in mental institutions and foreign workers to be the most disruptive kind of neighbor; 25 percent said living next to a homosexual couple was the most disruptive; 23 percent said ultra-Orthodox neighbors bothered them most; and 17 percent would rather not live next to Ethiopian immigrants.

    The study found a high correlation between the level of religious observance and the belief that Arabs should have different rights. The study indicated that the Russian immigrants were the least liberal population in the country.

    Israeli Arab respondents expressed less tolerance for foreign neighbors; 70 percent of whom said they would rather not live beside a homosexual couple, while 67 percent said they would rather not live next to Haredi families.

    The study revealed, however, that 48 percent of Israeli Arab were tolerant of living beside foreign workers.

    The study was conducted by six researchers and compiled its answers from public opinion polls that questioned more than 1,203 people

    http://www.haaretz.com/news/nationa...should-have-no-say-in-foreign-policy-1.327972


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    Isrealis are freedom loving democrats :mrgreen:
     
  3. budini

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    to marlowe and all ::::::::::

    ??? what can gaza do ???

    first of all gaza is not the only such small geo-political and socio-economic unit on earth.

    for example take a good look at singapor and venecia (venice)

    and there have been many such past examples.

    historicaly speaking; gaza was more often a part of egypt than it was ever an independent stae.

    singapor is not totaly independent, it is a part of singapor and malaysia. yet singapor is a thriving trade center.

    venice (along with verona) is not just a dependent part of italy, it is an almost free port, with its own impost - export laws. and venice - verona is a thriving trade center.

    if gaza is concerned only with war and terrorism, then it shall have only war and terrorism.

    economicaly the USA is falling apart; soon all of the little unable psuedo nations shall be on their own.

    ??? and why should russia feed the people of gaza ??? when these same people live in north america do they show respect for any russians whom they should happen to meet. [[ not from my own personal experience ]]

    vlad
     

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