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Poll: 50% of Israeli Jews support state-backed Arab emigration
By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent

A Poll sponsored by the Center for the Campaign Against Racism found that half the Jewish population of Israel believe the state should encourage Arab emigration.

The poll, conducted by the Geocartography Institute and presented Tuesday at a press conference, found a sharp increase in the number of Israeli Jews who support Arab emigration in comparison to a similar poll conducted last year.

The poll was carried out in December 2006, and included 500 participants. The margin of error is 4.4 percent.
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In addition, the poll addresses the Jewish reaction to hearing the Arabic language spoken on the streets of Israel. According to the data, some 50 percent of the participants said they become fearful when they hear the Arabic language spoken around them. 43 percent said they feel uncomfortable, and 30 percent feel hatred. In contrast, last year only 17.5 percent said they feel hatred when faced with spoken Arabic.

The poll participants were also asked about work relations with Arabs. 50 percent said they would refuse to work at a job in which their direct supervisor would be Arab. This number represents a 47 percent increase since the 2005 poll on the same topic.

Center for the Campaign Against Racism director Baher Awdeh called on the state of Israel on Tuesday to "wake up" in light of these findings, and utilize its judicial and education systems to combat this rise in racist sentiments. Awdeh said that the fact that Israel is defined as the "Jewish state" is discriminatory against Arabs in and of itself. "Jewish citizens interpret this definition to mean that they are superior or entitled to more rights than Arab citizens," he said.

Awdeh offered his explanation for the deterioration of Jewish-Arab relations, saying the war in Lebanon, and the opposing views it generated among Jewish and Arab citizens, could have contributed to the deterioration. Another reason could be the entry of Avigdor Lieberman (Yisrael Beiteinu) to the coalition, being a politician known for his anti-Arab views. He added that Israel's policy of expropriating Palestinian lands and destroying Palestinian homes may have also contributed to the problem.

"When Sheikh Raed Salah said what he said in Jerusalem, he was immediately arrested and indicted. But when Jewish religious figures and politicians express anti-Arab views, no indictments are filed, even months later," Awdeh said.
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  1.   Support of State Backed Arab Migration 18:25  |  Edifice 27/03/07
  2.   Wish all you want, we aint leaving our homes and land. 18:27  |  Zidane 27/03/07
  3.   State Backed Arab Migration 18:27  |  OM 27/03/07
  4.   I am curious what the result of a poll would be.... 18:29  |  Sherman 27/03/07
  5.   suspect poll from Arab nationalists 18:34  |  Paul Freedman 27/03/07
  6.   small Result 18:38  |  Michael 27/03/07
  7.   NOT racist rather REALISTIC! 18:38  |  REALITY 27/03/07
  8.   Heil ! 18:41  |  sicko 27/03/07
  9.   migration 18:44  |  Ephraim 27/03/07
  10.   Unfortunately .... 18:46  |  whoopsie 27/03/07
  11.   support arab migracion 18:47  |  Sammy Salameh 27/03/07
  12.   Arab migration. 18:48  |  David Nigel Braham 27/03/07
  13.   Repression:Israel, The Jewish State vs Islamist States! 18:50  |  Peter 27/03/07
  14.   Not surprising 18:52  |  Allon 27/03/07
  15.   THe fifth column must be thrown out!!!!!! 18:53  |  Yoni 27/03/07
  16.   AND THE NEW LAW OF POPULATION PURITY SHALL STATE 18:54  |  Yaakov Sulloivan 27/03/07
  17.   Arab Settlers / Jewish Palestinians 18:55  |  shlo 27/03/07
  18.   poll 18:56  |  Ida 27/03/07
  19.   Awdeh. 18:57  |  David Nigel Braham 27/03/07
  20.   Preservation, not racism. 18:59  |  Nathaniel 27/03/07
  21.   THE LAW OF POPULATION PURITY, PART II 18:59  |  Yaakov Sullivan 27/03/07
  22.   "Migration" = Ethnic Cleansing 19:03  |  bruce 27/03/07
  23.   Racism 19:06  |  Palestinian 27/03/07
  24.   Why is this "racist"? 19:07  |  Eric 27/03/07
  25.   #2 - and Zidane wouldn`t sing the French national anthem ! 19:09  |  redmike 27/03/07
  26.   #1 Edifice 19:13  |  Boycott 27/03/07
  27.   #13 19:14  |  Jake 27/03/07
  28.   Racsist ? Baloney. 19:16  |  Tod Zuckerman 27/03/07
  29.   Palestinians openly demand their state "Judenrein" 19:16  |  Sonia 27/03/07
  30.   enough with this liberal democracy b.s. 19:20  |  axel 27/03/07
  31.   #17 shlo 19:21  |  Boycott 27/03/07
  32.   State backed migration of arabs 19:21  |  Sharonelle 27/03/07
  33.   A Zionist state 19:21  |  Anonymous 27/03/07
  34.   #24, Eric Why is this racist 19:26  |  Sharonelle 27/03/07
  35.   Arab Migration could be a good thing! 19:30  |  Dov 27/03/07
  36.   Putting Yaacov Sullivan`s hysterics in context 19:33  |  Jacob Blues 27/03/07
  37.   To all those hate-mongers. Be careful what you wish for 19:36  |  Jacob Blues 27/03/07
  38.   Palestinian: Not really! 19:37  |  Monica 27/03/07
  39.   What happens when a minority openly admits its disloyalty 19:37  |  the Apologist 27/03/07
  40.   The Rebbe said this 40 years ago 19:39  |  dave 27/03/07
  41.   This issue is now being faced not only in Israel... 19:41  |  bat yam 27/03/07
  42.   State Used "Forcible Migration" on Jews of Gush Katif 19:42  |  Ben Israel 27/03/07
  43.   DESPITE THIS SUCH PEOPLE CAN`T BE CALLED FACISTS 19:43  |  JACKAL 27/03/07
  44.   A migration of sorts is already underway from Europe. 19:48  |  common sense 27/03/07
  45.   Arab migration - much easier than you think 19:49  |  Chick Corea 27/03/07
  46.   Statebacked migration? 19:54  |  David 27/03/07
  47.   education 19:59  |  Miriam 27/03/07
  48.   #30 axel in boston 20:08  |  Metatron 27/03/07
  49.   Separation of peoples 20:12  |  Nechama 27/03/07
  50.   Interesting: 300`000 Israelis leave the "Land" for Pessach. 20:16  |  Andreas 27/03/07
  51.   Carter called it: The Aparthied Case continues to grow 20:17  |  Tim 27/03/07
  52.   To Sharonelle 20:20  |  Nechama 27/03/07
  53.   Alarming my tuccus 20:26  |  Dan 27/03/07
  54.   jacob blues and his statistics #36 20:27  |  Yaakov Sullivan 27/03/07
  55.   Boycott 20:33  |  Edifice 27/03/07
  56.   India and Pakistan exchanged populations, why can`t Israel? 20:33  |  Gili 27/03/07
  57.   Banning 20:37  |  Choni Davidowitz 27/03/07
  58.   100 % agree! Arabs will never be loyal to a JEWISH state! 20:37  |  Roni 27/03/07
  59.   poll 20:40  |  colin 27/03/07
  60.   How about a Poll on Arab attitudes!! 20:41  |  Joe H 27/03/07
  61.   Proper term 20:42  |  Choni Davidowitz 27/03/07
  62.   "THEY SHALL NOT DWELL IN THY LAND..." (EXODUS 23:33}))))))))))))) 20:47  |  VOICE of MOSHIACH))) 27/03/07
  63.   Re 56: YOU ARE AN IGNORANT FOOL 20:48  |  JACKAL 27/03/07
  64.   And you are the people who 20:51  |  Fortinbras 27/03/07
  65.   #52, Nechama 21:06  |  Sharonelle 27/03/07
  66.   Migration? Great! Right of Return for Palestinians! 21:17  |  Jeff 27/03/07
  67.   `state-backed Arab migration` 21:29  |  Colin Wright 27/03/07
  68.   Chick corea #35 - on "migration" of iraqis 21:30  |  dana 27/03/07
  69.   The legitimization of racism 21:36  |  Colin Wright 27/03/07
  70.   Yaacov running from America as well as Israel 21:37  |  Jacob Blues 27/03/07
  71.   Israeli-Jews are misinformed about Israeli-Arabs 21:41  |  Rami 27/03/07
  72.   Getting back the lack of Jews in the Muslim world 21:42  |  Jacob Blues 27/03/07
  73.   Really Tim? I wonder if you polled Jimmy`s neighbors 21:44  |  Jacob Blues