A new poll released today by the Israel Democratic Institute showed a sharp split among the nation’s Jewish majority on the question of minority rights, and that some people, while giving lip service to the idea of equality for all citizens, oppose this equality when it comes to political issues or policy making.
The poll also saw a solid majority (53%) believed the government ought to encourage its Arab citizens to leave. The data showed Russian immigrants to Israel were the most solidly opposed to giving Arabs rights.
Perhaps the most serious issue was an even 50-50 split on the question of whether anti-Zionist parties should be allowed to run for office. This would not only amount to a de facto ban of all non-Jewish political parties, but would also ban a number of Jewish groups that are explicitly anti-Zionist.
something is kind of grotesque about people coming from the single largest territorial entity in the world(one that is the only country to have set up a jewish state on its own http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Autonomous_Ob…
going to one of the smallest and demanding the people who actually have a right to be there should leave
Imagine the outrage if any other country in the world would produce that headline: " Most want government to encourage Jews to leave". Replacing Arabs for Jews.
Hypocrisy indeed.