Use of "Racism" in Israel

Submitted by Arthur Cohn (United States), Nov 22, 2005 at 15:55

In Israel, someone who wants to treat an Arab Israeli differently from a Jewish Israeli is termed a racist, especially by left-wingers. This disregards that the the Arab Israelis consider themselves as part of the Palestinian Arab people whose policy aim is to destroy Israel.

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