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shira

(30,109 posts)
18. Israeli Arabs are the same ethnicity as Palestinian Arabs.
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 12:12 AM
Jun 2016

Israeli Arabs by law have the same rights as Jews. They also live and/or work in E.Jerusalem and the W.Bank.

You lose, badly.

I can see how the Irish FM would feel that way 6chars May 2016 #1
There you have it. King_David May 2016 #2
Flanagan is a member of the Oireachtas Friends of Israel parliamentary group. Little Tich May 2016 #7
Flanagan is specifically referring to Omar Barghouti's BDS, which you presumably support.... shira May 2016 #3
I've never supported Barghouti's BDS, simply because I don't believe Israel should be boycotted. Little Tich May 2016 #5
That's all you disagree with when it comes to Barghouti? shira May 2016 #6
Funny, I distincty remember proving conclusively to you that there's Apartheid in the West Bank and Little Tich May 2016 #8
You had no clue how to respond to the fact that Israeli Arabs... shira May 2016 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author 6chars May 2016 #10
Yes they can, so there goes THAT argument. n/t shira May 2016 #11
Yes, they can, but it takes a long time, and only about half of the applications are successful. Little Tich May 2016 #15
So a political system where one ethnic group has no civil rights whatsoever, Little Tich May 2016 #17
Israeli Arabs are the same ethnicity as Palestinian Arabs. shira Jun 2016 #18
So your spurious claim that there are Israeli Arabs living as settlers and working in the Little Tich Jun 2016 #20
There are Israeli Arabs living in E.Jerusalem who have become citizens... shira Jun 2016 #22
Mount Scopus, French Hill? Little Tich Jun 2016 #24
Weak sauce. Every Israeli Arab & Jew in EJ & the WB has equal rights to everything. shira Jun 2016 #25
Any Irish company participating will lose investment from most King_David May 2016 #4
So the Irish FM is a twit. aranthus May 2016 #12
The BDS movement breaks nearly every single example of Antisemitism.... shira May 2016 #13
According to that definition, most of my posts are "anti-Semitic" too... Little Tich May 2016 #16
That's according to all liberal nations that have adopted the definition.... shira Jun 2016 #19
1. Yes, we know. Fozzledick Jun 2016 #21
What a 'legitimate political viewpoint' might look like. Fozzledick May 2016 #14
Or not. n/t Little Tich Jun 2016 #23
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