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Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: Peter Beinart is wrong: Palestinian hostility to Israel is frequently anti-Semitic [View all]Little Tich
(6,171 posts)72. Could you please then explain the legal grounds for mandatory draft for jewish citizens and only
voluntary enlistment for non-Jewish ones?
I know why, but I wonder if you do...
And then about immigration: Could you give me an example of another democratic country that allows immigration of one ethnic group and denies that right to another, in spite of it being the ancestral homeland of both groups? Or perhaps just a democracy that doesn't allow immigration of certain ethnic groups? If we use American legal standards, both practices would be grossly discriminatory.
I would suspect that if the US reintroduced conscription it would be considered discriminatory to exempt minorities, or even if they were conscripted, were given different tasks.
Red Ball Express
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The system originated in an urgent 36-hour meeting and began operating on August 25, 1944, staffed primarily with African-American soldiers. At its peak, the Express operated 5,958 vehicles, and carried about 12,500 tons of supplies a day. It ran until November 16, when the port facilities at Antwerp, Belgium, were opened, some French rail lines were repaired, and portable gasoline pipelines deployed.
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Peter Beinart is wrong: Palestinian hostility to Israel is frequently anti-Semitic [View all]
King_David
Apr 2016
OP
All calls for removing a population of one ethnicity and replacing it with another are racist.
Little Tich
Apr 2016
#25
I see a lot of ethnic discrimination going on in Israel and the occupied territories,
Little Tich
Apr 2016
#27
If Israel did not adhere to Zionist values, it would become a normal democracy
Little Tich
Apr 2016
#35
So why do you think that Israel has a political system that discriminates against non-Jews in Israel
Little Tich
Apr 2016
#36
It's exactly those elements that justify making discrimination against non-Jews into Israeli law
Little Tich
Apr 2016
#41
Everyone has equal rights in a liberal Israeli democracy. Your charges are bullshit.
shira
Apr 2016
#39
The only reason to continue posting from there is to incite hatred & bigotry. n/t
shira
Apr 2016
#46
So there's no discrimination against non-Jews in Israel and the occupied territories at all?
Little Tich
Apr 2016
#47
Oh, I would jump through a lot of hoops if it would enable me to refute you.
Little Tich
Apr 2016
#54
I deleted that last post, because I'm anxious to get into Adalah's utter idiocy....
shira
Apr 2016
#55
Congratulations, you've managed to pick some of the least offensive of the discriminatory laws on
Little Tich
Apr 2016
#59
I think that these 3 laws actually promote the jewishness of Israel rather than its democratic and
Little Tich
Apr 2016
#62
Really? So the Nordic Cross flags of Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland....
shira
Apr 2016
#61
Could you please then explain the legal grounds for mandatory draft for jewish citizens and only
Little Tich
May 2016
#72
Already did in last post. They shouldn't be required to fight fellow Arabs, family...
shira
May 2016
#75
I think that American legal standards make a good rule of thumb for determining if a practice
Little Tich
May 2016
#74
DU is mainly a forum for people who support the values of American Democratic Party.
Little Tich
May 2016
#79
Israel is an ethnic national state like Germany, Finland, Greece, Ireland, & Italy...
shira
May 2016
#80
I'm not sure what form this "discrimination" would take in Germany, Finland, Greece, Ireland,
Little Tich
May 2016
#81
So, apart from our disagreements over the interpretation of what practices may constitute
Little Tich
May 2016
#83
They are both wrong, essentially. To determine the finite level of anti-Semitism within the
Jefferson23
Apr 2016
#57