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Reader comment on item: Palgrave Macmillan Participates in "Israel Apartheid Week"
in response to reader comment: Why doesn't anyone examine Islamic Apartheid?

Submitted by sara (United States), Mar 14, 2013 at 17:55

Hello,

You wrote:

Re Israeli Apartheid, I also wonder is it isn't the "instinct" of the slight Mizrahi majority of that country to live apart from Muslims--again, someone correct me if I'm wrong. And, are there truly Israeli laws that mandate legal segregation? If there are none, I see this talk of Israeli "Apartheid" as strictly hostile propaganda.

I would re-word that statement to be more precise. In fact, the Mizrahi Israelis, most of whom arrived in Israel due to banishment and worse from their Arab countries of origin (Libya, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Morocco, etc) are simply more realistic about the behaviors and actions of Muslim Arabs and tend to be very suspicious and distrusting. Who could blame them? Most were lucky to get out alive with the clothes on their backs. So it is not so much 'instinct' as - reality.

Second, the notion that there is any type of legal segregation in Israel between Israeli Arabs and Jews, let alone Sephardi and Ashkenazi is utterly ridiculous. There are certainly cultural differences here and there, though that has changed over the years among all groups. For a young country with many influences, I would say they have done quite well at integration and establishing a shared national identity. Yes, that goes for many Israeli Arabs as well.

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That Such Sentiments Still Find Audiences is Proximal Cause of World Not Surviving Without Israel [209 words]M ToveyOct 18, 2021 19:44275867
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i am not surprised [53 words]jacob sassoonApr 10, 2013 19:30205073
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Good work! [29 words]ArielMar 14, 2013 18:19204341
Judenhass is disgusting however you dress it up [121 words]RitaMar 14, 2013 08:15204315
2No forgiving, [93 words]batya daganMar 12, 2013 20:40204262
1where is the propaganda dictionary [164 words]mythMar 13, 2013 09:23204262
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1Why doesn't anyone examine Islamic Apartheid? [190 words]Kepha HorMar 13, 2013 21:14204252
1Correction of your statement [218 words]saraMar 14, 2013 17:55204252
1To Sara [166 words]Kepha HorMar 15, 2013 16:58204252
Related to---- [227 words]john w. mcginleyMar 12, 2013 16:59204251
1Shame on Palgrave Macmillan [6 words]Lars NielsenMar 12, 2013 16:44204250
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2Truth Rocks ! We need publishers and authors to spread the word. [92 words]Phil GreendMar 12, 2013 14:31204243
1Palgrave Macmillan [10 words]David LewisMar 12, 2013 14:16204241
1Good for them! [55 words]DuncanMar 12, 2013 13:53204239
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