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Little Tich

(6,171 posts)
6. Arab Israeli citizens have what would defined in other countries as a partial citizenship,
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 02:45 AM
Jul 2016

with no access to equal rights. For example 93% of Israeli lands are off-limits to Arab Israelis, and earmarked for Jews only:

Israel's Two-Tiered Citizenship Law Bars Non-Jews From 93 Percent of Its Lands
Source: Washington Report on Middle-east affairs, Jan 1990
http://www.wrmea.org/1990-january/israel-s-two-tiered-citizenship-law-bars-non-jews-from-93-percent-of-its-lands.html

Off the Map: Land and Housing Rights Violations in Israel’s Unrecognized Bedouin Villages, IV. Discrimination in Land Allocation and Access
Source: Human Rights Watch, 2008
https://www.hrw.org/reports/2008/iopt0308/4.htm#_Toc193705071

Types of land in Israel
Source: Buy Property in israel
http://www.buypropertyinisrael.com/article/types-of-land-in-israel

State land
Source: Bimkom
http://bimkom.org/eng/state-land/

Israel Lands - Privatization or National Ownership?
Source: Jewish Virtual library
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Society_&_Culture/land.html

Israeli land and property laws
Source: Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_land_and_property_laws

Then of course there's the Adalah list of 50 discriminatory laws:
http://www.adalah.org/en/law/index

and move aside for settlements, in droves nt jtunes Jul 2016 #1
Israeli Arabs can only thrive in droves if they either emigrate or are given equal rights. Little Tich Jul 2016 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author 6chars Jul 2016 #3
They already have equal rights in Israel. Enough of the lies. n/t shira Jul 2016 #5
Arab Israeli citizens have what would defined in other countries as a partial citizenship, Little Tich Jul 2016 #6
Complete horseshit. 93% of Israeli lands are not earmarked for Jews only. shira Jul 2016 #7
There's no equal access for Israeli Arabs to land in Israel, even though I was wrong about Israeli Little Tich Jul 2016 #8
HRW bases that info. from Adalah's bullshit. shira Jul 2016 #9
All those Adalah batshit allegations are true. Little Tich Jul 2016 #10
They're bullshit as you already know. We've done this before & you punted. shira Jul 2016 #11
I thought I had managed to explain to you on what grounds those two laws were considered racist. Little Tich Jul 2016 #12
Laughable disingenuous hamasbara bullshit, for reasons already given. shira Jul 2016 #13
Stop implying that "Palestinian" and "Hamas commander" are synonymous terms. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #16
Stop pretending Israel faces zero security/terror threats & that everything.... shira Aug 2016 #19
I don't pretend that Israel faces NO security threats...nor that all Palestinians are saints. Ken Burch Aug 2016 #21
We were discussing an allegedly racist law before you changed course. shira Aug 2016 #22
That ruling was made. Has it led to any change in practice? Ken Burch Jul 2016 #17
Yes and Yes. n/t shira Aug 2016 #20
Nope. Little Tich Aug 2016 #23
Israeli-Arabs reject Netanyahu’s extended hand and apology as insincere Little Tich Jul 2016 #4
Consider the source - the racist Joint List party, far more rightwing than Netanyahu shira Jul 2016 #14
"I apologized for how my comments were misunderstood"? Ken Burch Jul 2016 #15
That was back then Ken ... Israeli Aug 2016 #18
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