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Title: | SWEET ILLUSION OF DISLOYALTY | |||
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| As an Israeli Arab, I accept Israel as a Zionist state which within this state Im a citizen with rights and privileges. I do not feel For example,like Israeli Member of Knesset Mohammed Barakeh (Hadash) said in the Knesset recently that, although he swore loyalty to Israel when he took his oath as an MK, he is not loyal to a Zionist Jewish state. "I admit here that I am not loyal to a state that is Zionist and Jewish. The state must serve all its citizens and not have its citizens worship this golden calf," Barakeh said. What golden calf? Israel, as a Jewish State, was created by its founders (with United Nations and world-wide sanction after the Holocaust) for the purpose of righting the historical wrongs done to the Jewish people (occupation of Judea, followed by forced expulsion from their homeland by the Romans and Byzantines, and later, the Arabs and Ottoman Turks) - through affirmative action. What Barakeh said isn`t particularly new; he`s just part of a long line of seditious Arab MKs, who have publicly admitted to being disloyal while enjoying their personal freedom in Israel (unlike in Arab states). Barakeh, and others like him (such as Azmi Bishara, MK for the Balad Party, who gave succor to Hizbullah while visiting the enemy state of Syria, with whom Israel is still in a state of war), constantly flaunt their Knesset membership to undermine the Jewish State. Yet, they have never been stripped of their position, tried for treason and executed. According to a recent study conducted by Professor Sami Smooha from the Jewish-Arab Center at the University of Haifa, most Israeli Arabs accept Israel as a Jewish and democratic state, but reject the description of it as a Zionist state. About 70 percent of the Arabs agreed with the statement that, "Israel, within the Green Line, has the right to exist as a Jewish and democratic state in which Jews and Arabs coexist." But the vast majority (72%) of Israeli Arabs believe that, "Israel as a Zionist state, in which Jews and Arabs live together, is racist," and reject all of the state`s Zionist goals. Only 13.8 percent agree to the concept of Israel as a Zionist state. As an Israeli ARab if these folks feel this way while living in israel and looking over the shoulder with a Palestinian flag over their heads doesnt represent loyalty to me! We arabs chose to stay and live here those who dont like it PACK UP AND LEAVE NOBODY IS STOPPING YOU |
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