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Eugene

(62,650 posts)
Sun Mar 10, 2019, 11:43 AM Mar 2019

Netanyahu says Israel 'not a state of all its citizens'

Source: Agence France-Presse

Netanyahu says Israel 'not a state of all its citizens'

AFP•March 10, 2019

Jerusalem (AFP) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in full campaign mode ahead of April 9 polls, on Sunday said Israel "was not a state of all its citizens" in a reference to the country's Arab population.

The prime minister, in comments on Instagram, went on to say all citizens, including Arabs, had equal rights, but referred to a deeply controversial law passed last year declaring Israel the nation-state of the Jewish people.

"Israel is not a state of all its citizens," Netanyahu wrote in response to comments from an Israeli actress.

"According to the basic nationality law we passed, Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish people -- and only it.

"As you wrote, there is no problem with the Arab citizens of Israel. They have equal rights like all of us and the Likud government has invested more in the Arab sector than any other government," he said of his right-wing party.

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Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/netanyahu-says-israel-not-state-citizens-130047783.html

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Source: Jerusalem Post

NETANYAHU TO ROTEM SELA: ISRAEL IS NOT A COUNTRY OF ALL ITS CITIZENS

The prime minister responded to an Instagram post from Israeli actress Rotem Sela, who said the government must stop delegitimizing its Arab citizens.

BY AMY SPIRO MARCH 10, 2019 18:09

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel “is not a country of all its citizens,” hitting back at criticism from an Israeli actress who said the government treats Arabs like they are less worthy.

“First of all,” Netanyahu wrote in a Facebook message Sunday morning addressed to actress Rotem Sela, “an important correction: Israel is not a country of all its citizens. According to the Nation-State Law that we passed, Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish nation – and its alone. As you wrote, there is no problem with Arab citizens – they have equal rights like everybody and the Likud government has invested in the Arab sector more than any other government.”

The prime minister was responding to an Instagram post from Sela, a prolific and popular TV host and star of The Baker and the Beauty. Sela took to Instagram Saturday night to criticize Culture Minister Miri Regev and a journalist who interviewed her that evening.

“Miri Regev is sitting and explaining to [Channel 12 news anchor) Rina Matsliah that the public needs to beware, because if Benny Gantz is elected he will have to create a government with the Arabs,” Sela wrote on Instagram, alongside a photo of the culture minister. “Rina Matsliah is silent. And I ask myself: why doesn’t Rina ask her in shock: ‘And what’s the problem with the Arabs???’ Dear God, there are also Arab citizens in this country.”

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Read more: https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Benjamin-Netanyahu/Netanyahu-hits-back-at-Israeli-actress-after-she-criticizes-Miri-Regev-582959
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Netanyahu says Israel 'not a state of all its citizens' (Original Post) Eugene Mar 2019 OP
And here I thought that democracy and pluralism were the ideal sine qua non of the modern West RHMerriman Mar 2019 #1
The criminal class is well represented Cartoonist Mar 2019 #2
There he is, saying the quiet part loud again wellst0nev0ter Mar 2019 #3
Easy to see why he is so popular with the GOP over here... nt ExciteBike66 Mar 2019 #4

RHMerriman

(1,376 posts)
1. And here I thought that democracy and pluralism were the ideal sine qua non of the modern West
Sun Mar 10, 2019, 11:58 AM
Mar 2019

And here I thought that democracy and pluralism were the ideal sine qua non of the modern West...

You know, that whole "E pluribus unum" or "if we don't hang together, we shall certainly hang separately" concept.

Pluralism:

a) a state of society in which members of diverse ethnic, racial, religious, or social groups maintain and develop their traditional culture or special interest within the confines of a common civilization
b) a concept, doctrine, or policy advocating this state


Israel surely has better leaders than Mr. Netanyahu...

 

wellst0nev0ter

(7,509 posts)
3. There he is, saying the quiet part loud again
Sun Mar 10, 2019, 04:11 PM
Mar 2019

Wonder if congressional dems will pass a resolution condemning this?

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