...We conclude therefore that by an objective standard of analysis Adalah's claims are
essentially unfounded and that Israel acts as a democratic nation state respecting the
rights of its minorities. Adalah's claims that the State of Israel is a country that
systematically discriminates against minority citizens is baseless and made in bad faith. A
fair analysis leads to the conclusion that in many respects, Israel is more protective of
minority rights than a large number of western countries.
Moreover, an in-depth examination of Adalah's "discriminatory" laws in the context of
internationally accepted practices leads to the important conclusion that not every
preference constitutes discrimination. Indeed, most of the laws cited in Adalah's database
do not discriminate against Israeli Arabs at all but rather, assist in promoting Israel as a
more Jewish and democratic country actively striving for the welfare of all its citizens.
Adalah's list is not a mere academic exercise: It is a deliberate attempt to defame Israel
and to portray it as an apartheid state discriminating against its Arab citizens. Adalah's
claims are trumpeted by members of the BDS movement seeking to promote boycotts,
divestment and the imposition of sanctions on the State of Israel (and not just the
settlements in Judea and Samaria) with the clear objective of undermining and even
negating its existence as the nation state of the Jewish people.
A significant thrust of the BDS movement's strategy is the attempt to transform Israel into
an international pariah state by depicting it as an apartheid state deliberately and
institutionally discriminating against its Arab citizens. But while proclaiming itself an Israeli
organization seeking to make the Israeli state better by promoting the rights of (some of)
Israel's citizens, its real purpose seems to be aimed at undermining the legitimization and
continued flourishing of the State of Israel itself. We submit that this conclusion is
logically compelling from a reasoned analysis the manipulated and systematically flawed
compilation of Adalah's lies of "discriminatory laws".
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