Recently, the US publicly
stated that “Israel is the only democratic State of the entire Middle East”.
The case I am going to report now clearly contradicts this statement: Israel is
NOT a democratic State.. not even close.
June 3rd, 2014: A unanimous rejection met the appeal of 21
members of the “Ani-Israeli” (I am Israeli) association headed by the linguist
Professor (emeritus) Uzzi Ornan. Their request? Being registered as Israeli
nationals, instead of the common practice of registering the nationality
according to their ethnicity and religion. Jews, Arabs, Burmeses, Druzes and
Russians were the ones presenting the petition.
The verdict is clear: there is NOT and there CANNOT BE one nationality for
all Israeli citizens. The state may and does openly and officially discriminate
between its citizens according to their religious and ethnic origins.
According to Hon. Rubinstein, “The State of Israel as a Jewish and Democratic
State is a highly precious pledge deposited in our hands, it is the realization
of the Zionist idea, it is the only Jewish state on earth, while it must aspire
to offer appropriate equality for minorities; and this court cannot be expected
to erode its essence and its character.” Kind of perplexing, right? How can you
protect the “essence and character” of the Jewish State, while granting
“appropriate” equality to minorities? And what exactly does it mean, “appropriate”?
The truth is, citizens of
“Jewish nationality” are treated differently from citizens of other
“nationalities” – especially from citizens who have “Arab nationality”. It
happens just about anywhere.. from the border control checkpoints, to the
military government’s checkpoints in the occupied territories, in the Ministry
of the Interior. “AdministrationA non-Jewish citizen going abroad for a few
years will discover that his or her citizenship had been revoked. A Jew may
always present oneself after being absent for dozens of years and enjoy the
perks of “the Law of Return”. Spouses and even children of non-Jewish citizens
normally are not recognized for citizenship and mostly not even allowed residency”.
The entry gates to the Jewish
state are, and always will be, hermetically locked for all those who were not
born Jewish or had not converted into Judaism.
Now, how is this “democratic”?
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