Galilee communities: We're not racist, we just don't want Arabs - Haaretz - Israel News »
Posted By dissent 5 months ago in NewsResidents of the Misgav bloc of communities in the Galilee consider themselves to be liberal, peace-loving people who support coexistence with their Arab neighbors and even root for Bnei Sakhnin, the soccer club based in a nearby Arab town considered a prominent symbol of that community. Which is why they were shocked this week when proposals raised at local council meetings to accept only applicants who shared their Zionist principles drew negative headlines and criticism for alleged racism.
"The label upsets me," South Africa-born lawyer Michael Zetler, who founded the Misgav community of Manof in 1980 with other immigrants from what was then an apartheid state, said Thursday. "It hurt me. I am not a racist."
Although few people will say so, the panic that spurred the submission of the controversial proposals are related to the High Court of Justice's ruling two years ago that upheld the right of Ahmed and Fahina Zubeidat, an Israeli Arab couple, to buy a house in the exclusively Jewish community of Rakefet notwithstanding the local admissions committee's objection.
Since then, some residents of Jewish communal settlements in the Galilee fear that the region's substantial Arab population might seek to buy property in their communities, where the standard of living is far higher, causing Jews to move out. In some areas of the Galilee this has already taken place:
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we live in a culture of war.
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Candida5 months ago
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FTA: "Since then, some residents of Jewish communal settlements in the Galilee fear that the region's substantial Arab population might seek to buy property in their communities, where the standard of living is far higher, causing Jews to move out."
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Interesting. Sounds like block-busting to me. I wonder how those Arabs would "cause" the Jews to move out. Perhaps the same way black families used to "cause" the racist white families to move out of whole city blocks.-
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Thinker225 months ago
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>Sounds like block-busting to me. I wonder how those Arabs would "cause" the Jews to move out. Perhaps the same way black families used to "cause" the racist white families...
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No, dear... You should look much closer. You should look for the ways the Arabs caused the Jews to move out of Gaza, Hebron, Bethlehem, Nablus, Ramallah... You know that not a single Jew lives in those and many other cities and towns with the Arab majority, don't you? -
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most_reasonable5 months ago
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"Since then, some residents of Jewish communal settlements in the Galilee fear that the region's substantial Arab population might seek to buy property in their communities"
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Selling to a Jew in the Middle East, especially in the West Bank and Gaza is a death sentence.
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Candida5 months ago
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FTA: "When we decided to move to Manof, we sought a community that chose similar basic principles to our own, such as good education for children, culture, celebrating a Jewish communal lifestyle and protecting the environment," a woman from Manof said. "We joined this community knowing it is founded on these values."
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This is like saying that "When we decided to move here, we sought a community that chose similar basic principles to our own, such as good education for children, culture, celebrating a Christian communal lifestyle (or white European heritage) and protecting the environment. We joined this community knowing it is founded on these values."
Doesn't she see how wrong such a statement is, or is she unable to look at it from any other perspective than her own? -
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Candida5 months ago
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FTA: 'Which is why they were shocked this week when proposals raised at local council meetings to accept only applicants who shared their Zionist principles drew negative headlines and criticism for alleged racism.
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"The label upsets me," South Africa-born lawyer Michael Zetler, who founded the Misgav community of Manof in 1980 with other immigrants from what was then an apartheid state, said Thursday. "It hurt me. I am not a racist." '
He wants to practice apartheid and it upsets him if someone calls him racist? How would he feel if he were excluded from a desirable community because it only accepted Muslims, or Christians, or Asians? I've had a Jewish friends who was offended by the Christmas celebrations in the office because she "felt excluded" even though everybody was welcome and the celebrations had no religious connotations.
Don't these people realize that in many European countries before WWII people sometimes used the same justifications for excluding Jews from certain professions, places or activities? It was wrong then, so why do they expect others to like the same discrimination?-
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Edmar145 months ago
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In just about every major city in the world, you can find a Chinese quarter, an Italian quarter (little Italy), etc. There is absolutely nothing wrong with people of similar ethnic backgrounds wanting to live, work and share together. It is human nature to want to live where you are most comfortable. This practice has been going on since the dawn of man. It exists in the animal world as well. Lions don't share their dens with hyenas. It's not apartheid. It is human nature. It becomes apartheid when citizens are denied the same basic rights as other citizens because they are different. In the United states during the great immigration of the late 1890's and early 1900's, individuals who were granted permission to enter this country sought out communities with the same ethnic background as their own. Don't ever forget that the word "community" has many different meanings. Churches, Synagogues, Mosques all tend to center around specific ethnic neighborhoods. To want to live together with similar ethnicities is not a crime. Depriving someone of the same basic rights that you enjoy is. But if a community wants to maintain it's ethnic heritage by living together solely with members of the same group, it doesn't have to be a negative.
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Natureboy5 months ago
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Telling that the dynamic is presented as Jews vs Arabs.
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There are many Arab Jews in Israel, and they have faced a great deal of racism and discrimination from European-descended Jews. Think those Mizrahim would be welcome in this "progressive" community?
This is not about religion. Never has been. This is about white europeans taking over a region and making the original inhabitants second-class citizens. It's apartheid South Africa all over again.-
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Edmar145 months ago
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Please, before you post, get your history straight. It's all about religion, plain and simple. There was never a country called Palestine, never an autonomous Palestinian government. Both the majority of the Jew and Arabs that lived in Palestine before 1948 were immigrants. The only "original" inhabitants were 250,000 Muslims, Jews and Christians who lived in Palestine before 1916. What it is about is a piece of land which had no government. A piece of land which had been occupied territory for almost 2000 years. A piece of land which was partitioned in 1922 by the British Mandate government into Jordan (on 2/3 of the land) and a yet to be determined remainder. Not a single one of you ever talks about giving Jordan back to the Palestinians, or how Jordan was established to be a national Palestinian homeland. That's because Jordan is Muslim. Not a single one of you is ever outraged by how the Jordanians treated the occupants of the West Bank between 1948 and 1967. That's because Jordan is Muslim. Not a single one of you ever mentions that the West Bank and Gaza weren't even a topic of conversation for a second Palestinian homeland before Israel took them over in 1967. That's because Jordan is Muslim and Israel is Jewish. It's all about religion and you know it. And Natureboy, all 55 Muslim countries consider their non-Muslim citizens and women to be second class citizens. Now that's a very big apartheid that you never talk about. Why? It's all about religion.
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Mutainia5 months ago
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The title should say, "We're Not Racist, We Just Don't Want Islam." Saying "Arabs" changes the subject and plays into the hands of Israel's enemies. It MAKES it a racial issue (which Muhammadans so desperately WANT it to be so they can win victimhood statis).
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My Fellow Americans: It is now official, as reported by the Back Pocket Media, Obama is GOD. Also, reported by the Back Pocket Media, according to Obama's Muslim roots he is very comfortable identifying with the Muslims.
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Now, I'm a bit confused. Should we call Obama God, or should we call him ABBA, sorry, AHHaa, again my mistake, Allah, or whatever?
Here's an interesting fact: There was an election in Europe an the Communist lost to the Conservatives. Now, the Communist believe they should change the name of the Communist party to Democratic party because they feel it might be keeping them from getting votes. Kinda like our Country except in reverse.
You know, I don't think it is a good idea for GOD to be bowing to an A-RAB. What do you think, help me out.
Finally, I hope Mrs O gets back to the Black House soon because she still has some seeds to sow in her Garden. Do you think she bought all the necessities she need after staying behind to do a little shopping? I wonder if she took a Glider home just to save some fuel. I know they mention cutting back like the rest of America. Oh Well! Here's hoping.
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Residents of the Misgav bloc of communities in the Galilee consider themselves to be liberal, peace-loving people who support coexistence with their Arab neighbors and even root for Bnei Sakhnin, the soccer club based in a nearby Arab town considered a prominent symbol of that community. Which is why they were shocked this week when proposals raised at local council meetings to accept only applicants who shared their Zionist principles drew negative headlines and criticism for alleged racism.
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