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Last update - 00:00 27/06/2008 Citizenship law makes Israel an apartheid state By Amos Schocken Tags: citizenship law The government's decision last week to extend the validity of the Citizenship Law (Temporary Order), for another year, is evidence that the legal barriers preventing severe discrimination against Israel's Arab citizens and harm to their civil rights have been removed. This extension is the eighth since the law was first passed in 2003, and it shows just how naive Justice Edmond Levy's position was when he refused to join in the 2006 decision by five judges from the High Court of Justice, who stated that the law was unconstitutional, that it contravened the Basic Law on Human Dignity and Freedom, and that it must be removed from the law books. Levy explained his refusal by saying that he saw no need to intervene because only two months remained until the law expired. However, at the end of the two months, the law was extended by a year, and now they want to extend it for yet another year. Had Levy known that the law's limited validity was nothing but a deception aimed at preparing a discriminatory and unconstitutional law, there is no doubt he would have joined the five justices' majority opinion that it was unconstitutional and should be removed. We must hope that the High Court of Justice, when it rules on the new petition submitted against the law after it was extended in 2006, will take into account that the term "temporary provision," which both the government and Knesset take pains to stress, is a deception. We are talking about, in effect, a permanent law. Advertisement The law stipulates that the interior minister does not have the authority to approve residence in Israel for a resident of Judea and Samaria (unless, of course, they are Jews - that is, settlers). This is so even regarding family reunions, meaning marriage, when it comes to Palestinian spouses who are younger than 35 (for men) or 25 (for women). In effect, the law prevents young Israeli citizens from marrying the spouse of their choice and living with this spouse in Israel, if the spouse is a Palestinian from Judea and Samaria. It is obvious that this has barely any effect on the right of young Israeli Jews to live in their country with the spouse of their choice, because there are hardly any marriages between Israeli Jews and Palestinians from Judea and Samaria. On the other hand, these Palestinians constitute Israeli Arabs' natural pool for choosing a spouse. For this reason, the law severely discriminates when comparing the rights of young Israeli Jewish citizens and young Israeli Arab citizens. When the law was first passed in 2003, supposedly as a temporary one-year measure, it was accompanied by security reasoning - the risk of implanting terrorists in Israel via marriage. The reasoning was faulty even at that time: Every Palestinian who wishes to enter Israel must be addressed individually. It is the Shin Bet security service's task to do this and thus carry out its mission - protecting the security of Israel's citizens such that the country remains democratic, with equal rights for all. However, as the years go by, it becomes clear that the security argument and the term "temporary measure" are merely a deception aimed at "koshering" discriminatory legislation for demographic reasons. The claim that there are characteristics of an apartheid state in Israel is widely heard in the Western world. The word apartheid is catchy and understood in many parts of the world, which makes it useful to send a message that we resent and which we claim has no connection with reality in Israel. However, we do not need to replicate exactly the characteristics of South African apartheid within discriminatory practices in civil rights in Israel in order to call Israel an apartheid state. The amendment to the Citizenship Law is exactly such a practice, and it is best that we not try to evade the truth: Its existence in our law books turns Israel into an apartheid state. The government decided to add the Gaza Strip to the list of countries for which the interior minister does not have the prerogative to approve residence in Israel on the grounds of family reunions, regardless of age. Both the list and the new addition are superfluous and harmful. Since Hamas gained control, no one enters or leaves Gaza anyway, and the new restriction harms couples' cases from the time when there was passage between Israel and Gaza. There is no need for this affront. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Fallen hero Relatives mourn Maj. Roey Rosner, 27, killed Wednesday by Gaza militants. On the northern front Hezbollah denies responsibility for two rockets fired at Israel from Lebanon.   1.   Apartheid is apartheid is apartheid 02:06  |  betz55 27/06/08   2.   So As Not To Be Extinct 03:37  |  Tod Zuckerman 27/06/08   3.   simple rule 04:49  |  potobac 27/06/08   4.   Another ignorant apologist whines 12:24  |  David Teich 27/06/08   5.   amos schocken owner of haaretz 13:14  |  judea 27/06/08   6.   WHO can say that there is no APARTHEID in Israel and WestBank. 13:17  |  Suleyman 27/06/08   7.   "behold a people that dwells apart 13:17  |  judea 27/06/08   8.   the jews have tried living with gentiles for two thousand years 13:19  |  judea 27/06/08   9.   david teich 5 13:19  |  potobac 27/06/08   10.   potobac "hypocrisy anyone" 13:24  |  judea 27/06/08   11.   The Rogue State is an Aparheid State 13:34  |  Labhras 27/06/08   12.   Twisting words and throwing Israel under the bus 13:35  |  Denise Thompson 27/06/08   13.   arab apartheid 13:41  |  peter 27/06/08   14.   #4 David Teich read the article again 14:12  |  Labhras 27/06/08   15.   I`m looking for.............. 14:37  |  Hastaroth 27/06/08   16.   Labhras # 5 How Could That Be? 14:43  |  Jeff Northridge 27/06/08   17.   The article tells us nothing about the law 14:57  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 27/06/08   18.   Betz Verwoerd died looooong before this law was enacted 14:58  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 27/06/08   19.   Here`s a quiz: What town says NO ....(religion)..... ALLOWED ? 15:05  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 27/06/08   20.   Simple Solution 15:13  |  John 27/06/08   21.   10% of "Israeli" pals involved in terror are those "reunited" 15:21  |  Absolute Sweden 27/06/08   22.   learn to spell, then learn to think 15:26  |  david d 27/06/08   23.   #10 Judea 15:32  |  John 27/06/08   24.   Margie, Air Haaretz 15:33  |  FOX 27/06/08   25.   Suleyman # 6 The Keyword Is "Pals" 15:34  |  Jeff Northridge 27/06/08   26.   The reason was always demographics 15:34  |  Tosefta 27/06/08   27.   Poor margie in TA 15:39  |  Conversations 27/06/08   28.   Margie in Tel Aviv # 19 Mecca, Saudi Arabia 15:50  |  Jeff Northridge 27/06/08   29.   #1 and your ooinion on apatheid 15:50  |  John Allen 27/06/08   30.   #11 All equal to the same laws? 15:58  |  John Allen 27/06/08   31.   #12 We have the same problems here. 16:12  |  John Allen 27/06/08   32.   Welcome to the Nurnberg 2008 Racial Purity Law 16:13  |  Wiktor 27/06/08   33.   Schocken, heir to post-Zionist rag Haaretz, spews hate again 16:13  |  Emery 27/06/08   34.   No. 8 Judea 16:14  |  Steve 27/06/08   35.   #27 Marge 16:15  |  John Allen 27/06/08   36.   Fox, stay with the facts - not the personalities. 16:19  |  Wiktor 27/06/08   37.   #20 And the Arab women who want marry Jewish men? 16:27  |  Aphemia 27/06/08   38.   judea #8 etc 16:37  |  davidm 27/06/08   39.   #11 labarse of arabia and the irish protestants 16:42  |  victor hardman 27/06/08   40.   Citizenship law makes Israel an apatheid state? 16:43  |  David Nigel Braham 27/06/08   41.   Tosefta # 26 So What? 16:49  |  Jeff Northridge 27/06/08   42.   Howdy Jeff there are so many possibilities: I meant Ramallah! 16:50  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 27/06/08   43.   Conversations 16:52  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 27/06/08   44.   Thank you John Allen 17:03  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 27/06/08   45.   Amos, set an example and give up your citizenship 17:04  |  Herbert Kaine 27/06/08   46.   completely correct, Israel IS apartheid 17:11  |  mehmet 27/06/08   47.   no other nation in europe begs like ireland 17:11  |  papalbull 27/06/08   48.   Margie and Cultural Diversity 17:15  |  RWood 27/06/08   49.   quizzing 17:17  |  meh 27/06/08   50.   #17 MA IN ta ex SA Fake Olive branch founder 17:22  |  Labhras 27/06/08   51.   RWood 17:25  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 27/06/08   52.   Mehmet - recent Harvard poll 17:50  |  David Israel 27/06/08   53.   wiktor probably the ugliest name on the site 17:57  |  amos 27/06/08   54.   #36, Wiktor...FOX 17:58  |  Silvienne 27/06/08   55.   #50, Labhras...did you know... 17:59  |  Silvienne 27/06/08   56.   11 18:04  |  zionist forever 27/06/08   57.   #51 Margie from South Africa on her second apartheid 18:08  |  Labhras 27/06/08   58.   Margie and Outlandish Remarks 18:08  |  RWood 27/06/08   59.   Suleyman - from Istanbul 18:17  |  David Israel 27/06/08   60.   they don`t know how they hate jews 18:37  |  Robert 27/06/08   61.   Silvienne`s `logic` : #55 18:39  |  x-ray 27/06/08   62.   Wiktor, you are guilty #36 19:27  |  FOX 27/06/08   63.   Why does this surprise anyone! israel does not have a 20:01  |  lakshmi 27/06/08   64.   Did you understand the article? (Jeff Northridge #41) 20:06  |  Tosefta 27/06/08   65.   Lakshmi, how about? 20:08  |  Tulip 27/06/08   66.   Lakshmi 20:11  |  x-ray 27/06/08   67.   Israel is Jewish homeland, not Arab homeland 20:24  |  Jack Garbuz 27/06/08   68.   Lakshami (#63) The answer is simple 20:26  |  Gil 27/06/08   69.   #8.judea.Do have your state created 4 U, 1947, but leave OURS 20:33  |  Ben Cassim 27/06/08   70.   My sympathies to the right wing family of the Tosefta 20:35  |  x-ray 27/06/08   71.   65 Tulip,66 x-ray,Tulip those are not modern democracies! 20:36  |  lakshmi 27/06/08   72.   #25. Howdy Jeff.Some very gd advice 4U from #64 20:49  |  Sulleyman 27/06/08   73.   Citizenship law 20:54  |  Rachel Carter 27/06/08   74.   Nation States 21:00  |  MIKE 27/06/08   75.   lakshimi - 63 21:30  |  zionist forever 27/06/08   76.   Citizenship law Protects And Promote The Democracy of Israel 21:48  |  Joseph.E 27/06/08   77.   LABHRAS What a style of writing, what finesse, what a girl, 21:48  |  Gil 27/06/08   78.   Arabs Exploite Civil Rights For Political Aims Against Israel 22:04  |  Joseph.E 27/06/08   79.   #8 Judea 22:04  |  Chris Linthwaite 27/06/08   80.   If you want to live alone, ok, but spare us your presence then. 22:11  |  Andreas 27/06/08   81.   #77, Gil re: Labhras... 22:40  |  Silvienne 27/06/08   82.   #64, Tosefta, the law says nothing about motive 23:00  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 27/06/08   83.   Tosefta # 64 I Understood It Perfectly Well (part 1) 23:19  |  Jeff Northridge 27/06/08   84.   Amos Schocken 23:19  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 27/06/08   85.   jack garbuz from queens #67 23:22  |  Ayboday 27/06/08   86.   Judea really a Jew 23:29  |  Czarkazem13 27/06/08   87.   Lakhsmi, nice try, but wrong 23:37  |  Tulip 27/06/08   88.   Hey what has Ireland got to do with this?? 23:49  |  Ruairi 27/06/08   89.   judea 10 23:55  |  potobac 27/06/08   90.   betz 55 - you should always check your facts. 23:57  |  ChanahS 27/06/08   91.   Ben Cassim 23:59  |  x-ray 27/06/08   92.   Re Cipora #84 00:01  |  Esther 28/06/08   93.   #18 Margie in TA 00:02  |  Boycott 28/06/08   94.   Davidm 38 00:05  |  ChanahS 28/06/08   95.   Tosefta # 64 I Understood It Perfectly Well (part 2) 00:11  |  Jeff Northridge 28/06/08   96.   RWood 48 00:15  |  ChanahS 28/06/08   97.   Call it Aparteid or not 00:30  |  Slappy 28/06/08   98.   Linthwaite - erroneous premise from the start. 00:32  |  Chanahs 28/06/08   99.   Andreas - all too true 00:35  |  ChanahS 28/06/08   100.   To Cipora Julianna Cohen 00:35  |  Otto Rand 28/06/08   101.   Cipora JK 84 00:44  |  ChanahS 28/06/08   102.   To Jack Garbuz 00:46  |  Otto Rand 28/06/08   103.   NO 47 PAPALBULL 01:34  |  STRONGBOW 28/06/08   104.   Judea`s nonsense 01:43  |  Truth 28/06/08   105.   Jews Only; The Tip of the Iceberg 01:59  |  Gray 28/06/08   106.   strongbow 02:05  |  papalbull 28/06/08   107.   #80, Andreas, crashing parties 02:18  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 28/06/08   108.   Wrong Slappy, it`s Apartheid and... 03:10  |  BBSNews 28/06/08   109.   SHOCKINGLY FOOLISH 03:46  |  Steve 28/06/08   110.   To ChanahS #94 04:38  |  davidm 28/06/08   111.   ChanahS 04:46  |  RWood 28/06/08   112.   Otto Rand # 100 & 102 Discrimination & Democracy 05:20  |  Jeff Northridge 28/06/08   113.   Apartheid Double Speak 05:24  |  Steve 28/06/08   114.   #11 Labhras 05:26  |  howiej 28/06/08   115.   Israel=Apartheid=ethnic cleansing=crimes against humanity 06:07  |  Joe 28/06/08   116.   this law is aimed at terror 06:31  |  Absolute Israel 28/06/08   117.   #101, Chana S 06:34  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 28/06/08   118.   Boo Hoo this is far from Apartheid It`s called being at War 06:45  |  Baruch Gold 28/06/08   119.   #100, Otto Rand, the law is not discriminatory 1 06:50  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 28/06/08   120.   Furthest from the "TRUTH" (#104) 06:54  |  Steve 28/06/08   121.   #100, Otto Rand, the law is not discriminatory 2 07:04  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 28/06/08   122.   Tod Zukerman 07:07  |  Janice 28/06/08   123.   Hi Margie: You can`t argue with LabhRat 07:21  |  Steve 28/06/08   124.   A Typical Jewish Moneylender? 07:32  |  Gray 28/06/08   125.   Steve in Mevasseret Zion 08:31  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 28/06/08   126.   Steve from Mevasseret what is shocking... - 4th try 08:38  |  BBSNews 28/06/08   127.   Baruch Gold 09:11  |  Conversations 28/06/08   128.   Gray is actually Black - The infamous Black Plague libel 09:36  |  Genuine Tosefta 28/06/08   129.   Arabs=Barbaric Islam=Genocide=Destroying anyone & anything in the 09:40  |  Genuine Tosefta 28/06/08   130.   Funny that #115 mentions it after Gaza has been ethnically cleans 09:55  |  Genuine Tosefta 28/06/08   131.   australia 09:56  |  eric 28/06/08   132.   Immigration & Citizenship 10:11  |  Michael 28/06/08   133.   Silvienne (#81) Talking about superior attitude 10:56  |  Gil 28/06/08   134.   #8 reply to judea 10:57  |  Jim 28/06/08   135.   Northridge Thumps Tosefta #95 10:58  |  FOX 28/06/08   136.   #12 Denise Thompson 11:13  |  Jim 28/06/08   137.   #13 Peter from Montreal 11:27  |  Jim 28/06/08   138.   Comments. 11:30  |  David Nigel Braham 28/06/08   139.   #27 Conversations 11:48  |  Jim 28/06/08   140.   A 12:32  |  Dean 28/06/08   141.   # 58 RWood 12:36  |  Jim 28/06/08   142.   #63 lakshmi 12:53  |  Jim 28/06/08   143.   Boycott 93 - selective understanding 13:07  |  ChanahS 28/06/08   144.   #67 Jack Garbuz 13:15  |  Jim 28/06/08   145.   RWood 111 13:18  |  ChanahS 28/06/08   146.   Gray 105- see Steve`s post 113 13:24  |  ChanahS 28/06/08   147.   #76 Joseph E. 13:38  |  Jim 28/06/08   148.   Gray 124 13:45  |  ChanahS 28/06/08   149.   #88 Ruairi from Derry 13:46  |  Jim 28/06/08   150.   #115 Joe 13:56  |  Jim 28/06/08   151.   BY THIS SAME CRITERIA 14:22  |  Robert 28/06/08   152.   Jim # 134 Which Laws Might Those Be? 14:52  |  Jeff Northridge 28/06/08   153.   #82 Cipora Northridge, Honoris Causa 14:53  |  Uncle Joe Institute 28/06/08   154.   Worldly wisdom for Jeff Northridge #95 14:55  |  Gepetto 28/06/08   155.   To Amos Schoken: your reasoning is faulty 15:17  |  Altalena 28/06/08   156.   Four tries for more BS (#126) 15:54  |  Steve 28/06/08   157.   by the way Gray 139 16:03  |  ChanahS 28/06/08   158.   WHICH country in the world gives spouses Automatic citizenship? 16:45  |  PETER SM 28/06/08   159.   BETZ Israel is at war with them.What do you expect after ALL 16:49  |  PETER SM 28/06/08   160.   Steve, you`ll have to help me here 16:52  |  x-ray 28/06/08   161.   POTOBAC Simple rule. Kill thousands of Israeli civillians 16:52  |  PETER SM 28/06/08   162.   MISTER AMOS CHOCKEN IS A LEFTIST FOR DEFENDS RIGHT OF BLADDY ARAB 16:56  |  paul nataf 28/06/08   163.   What constitutes discrimination (Otto Rand #100) 17:03  |  Tosefta 28/06/08   164.   #82 Cipora Northridge, Honoris Causa 17:06  |  Uncle Joe Institute 28/06/08   165.   PETER SM, an even simpler rule... 17:13  |  BBSNews 28/06/08   166.   ChanahS (#144, #139) Well said 17:13  |  Gil 28/06/08   167.   Paul, what`s a "bladdy Arab"? 17:18  |  BBSNews 28/06/08   168.   Inadvertent irony from Conversations 17:20  |  Freethinker 28/06/08   169.   Let me help you there X-Ray... 17:44  |  BBSNews 28/06/08   170.   France has a chosen immigration 18:09  |  Altalena 28/06/08   171.   Let me help you there X-Ray... - 2nd try 19:02  |  BBSNews 28/06/08   172.   Genuine Tosefta....Re: Plague etc 19:03  |  Gray 28/06/08   173.   excuse me? 19:03  |  peter 28/06/08   174.   Hello Channah, Here We Are Again... 19:27  |  Gray 28/06/08   175.   What constitutes discrimination (Otto Rand #100) 19:36  |  Tosefta 28/06/08   176.   Channah S and..... 19:37  |  Gray 28/06/08   177.   For X-ray #147 19:41  |  Steve 28/06/08   178.   peter sm re aliens 19:41  |  potobac 28/06/08   179.   Gray 155 (1) 19:55  |  ChanahS 28/06/08   180.   Gray, I was on the phone yesterday with another poster... 20:02  |  BBSNews 28/06/08   181.   Gray 155 (2) 20:02  |  ChanahS 28/06/08   182.   ChanahS (#144, #139) Well said 20:03  |  Gil 28/06/08   183.   What are the Muslim Coutnries ? 20:06  |  Jane 28/06/08   184.   Reply to Janice (125) 20:11  |  Tod Zuckerman 28/06/08   185.   # 95 Jeff Northridge 20:15  |  Nick Ferriman 28/06/08   186.   # 95 Jeff Northridge. Americans should not throw stones. 20:26  |  Nick Ferriman 28/06/08   187.   bbs news "israelis are lying" 20:32  |  harzion 28/06/08   188.   bbs "you can deny deflect play all the games you want" 20:35  |  harzion 28/06/08   189.   bbs news "herzl`s great dream is crumbling" 20:41  |  harzion 28/06/08   190.   bbs news "israel attacked the arabs in 1967" 20:43  |  harzion 28/06/08   191.   nick ferriman the jew hater 20:50  |  kingofthailand 28/06/08   192.   nick ferriman we have not heard you complain 20:53  |  kingof thailand 28/06/08   193.   bbs news look back at your posts 21:01  |  yudke 28/06/08   194.   BS do you have proof that these marriages aren`t fictitious? 21:07  |  x-ray 28/06/08   195.   i wonder about the choice of the word "apartheid" 21:09  |  scallywag 28/06/08   196.   Committing Suicide 21:10  |  daat y 28/06/08   197.   Tod you don`t have to respond 21:13  |  Janice 28/06/08   198.   Gray 159 21:57  |  ChanahS 28/06/08   199.   Nick Ferriman 168 22:07  |  ChanahS 28/06/08   200.   BBCnews 152 22:13  |  ChanahS 28/06/08   201.   To 161 Potobac: Who is an alien ? 22:16  |  Altalena 28/06/08   202.   #158, Tosefta, what a red herring 22:27  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 28/06/08   203.   Jim #136 22:59  |  WWACD 28/06/08   204.   To Tosefta #158 and Cipora 23:09  |  Otto Rand 28/06/08   205.   Jim can`t even check a word in the dictionary 23:13  |  WWACD 28/06/08   206.   Nick Ferriman (#168) If you really want to know 23:17  |  Gil 28/06/08   207.   Potomac 161 23:21  |  ChanahS 28/06/08   208.   i wonder about the choice of the word "apartheid" 23:22  |  scallywag 28/06/08   209.   To Cipora Julianna Cohen 23:22  |  Otto Rand 28/06/08   210.   Nick Ferriman # 168 & 169 The U.S. Has Moved Beyond That 23:24  |  Jeff Northridge 28/06/08   211.   To Tosefta #158 23:31  |  Otto Rand 28/06/08   212.   BBCNews 126 - 2nd try 23:31  |  ChanahS 28/06/08   213.   To Peter SM 23:40  |  Otto Rand 28/06/08   214.   ChannahS; Hats and humor 23:41  |  Gray 28/06/08   215.   To Jeff Northridge 23:50  |  Otto Rand 28/06/08   216.   #182, Otto Rand 23:51  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 28/06/08   217.   To 100. Otto Rand . Citizenship 23:55  |  Altalena 28/06/08   218.   POTOBAC.They live in the Islamic Republic of Palestine to be 00:09  |  PETER SM 29/06/08   219.   #185, Otto Rand 00:09  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 29/06/08   220.   altalena 175 00:10  |  potobac 29/06/08   221.   chanahs 181 00:20  |  potobac 29/06/08   222.   peter sm 187 00:25  |  potobac 29/06/08   223.   Any argument can be justified, depending what the basic beliefs o 00:26  |  THE TEACHER/INSTRUCT 29/06/08   224.   To Cipora Julianna Cohen 00:26  |  Otto Rand 29/06/08   225.   To 189 Potobac. Kosovo & Israel 00:29  |  Altalena 29/06/08   226.   Potobac 189 00:30  |  ChanahS 29/06/08   227.   To Potobac#187 00:38  |  Otto Rand 29/06/08   228.   Nick Ferriman # 168 & 169 The U.S. Has Moved Beyond That 00:39  |  Jeff Northridge 29/06/08   229.   #189 potobac rre Jews and Serbs 00:42  |  Labhras 29/06/08   230.   Janice Redux 00:45  |  Tod Zuckerman 29/06/08   231.   so potomac the only meaning of your post 00:46  |  judea 29/06/08   232.   potobac death row 00:50  |  judea 29/06/08   233.   Upside of this discussion is They agree WB is 00:54  |  Labhras 29/06/08   234.   WWACD 01:17  |  CHGODMK 29/06/08   235.   potobac you have answered your own question 01:20  |  yirmi 29/06/08   236.   potobac "after a few centuries its theirs" 01:23  |  yirmi 29/06/08   237.   The Arab hater from daan unde petersm 01:23  |  Labhras 29/06/08   238.   altalena 193 01:24  |  potobac 29/06/08   239.   potobac possession is nine tenths of the law 01:25  |  yirmi 29/06/08   240.   labrhas 194 01:26  |  potobac 29/06/08   241.   potobac "the natives are those who were there" 01:27  |  yirmi 29/06/08   242.   potobac "i know who the majority were in the 1940s" 01:29  |  yirmi 29/06/08   243.   Bravo !! someone brave for a change 01:39  |  Gisele 29/06/08   244.   #192, Otto Rand 01:39  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 29/06/08   245.   Otto Rand # 186 You Just Don`t Get It; Do You? 01:51  |  Jeff Northridge 29/06/08   246.   Chanah, there`s no inlux anymore... 02:07  |  BBSNews 29/06/08   247.   A couple of points (Otto Rand #185) 02:09  |  Tosefta 29/06/08   248.   Worldly wisdom for Jeff Northridge #95 02:12  |  Gepetto 29/06/08   249.   The danger of rabies (as in Rabid Fox) - Sm #135 02:14  |  Tosefta 29/06/08   250.   judea re racism 02:55  |  potobac 29/06/08   251.   Labhras # 196 That Depends On Where The Border Is 02:56  |  Jeff Northridge 29/06/08   252.   #216, what surprise, Tosefta the terror lover blames the Jews 02:58  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 29/06/08   253.   judea re death row 02:58  |  potobac 29/06/08   254.   yimi 209 03:04  |  potobac 29/06/08   255.   yimi 210 03:06  |  potobac 29/06/08   256.   yimi 213 03:09  |  potobac 29/06/08   257.   #195, Otto Rand 03:10  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 29/06/08   258.   yimi 223 03:10  |  potobac 29/06/08   259.   BBSNews 228 03:11  |  ChanahS 29/06/08   260.   #1 betz 55 "EXPERT ON APARTHEID" AND WORLD-WIDE EVENTS 03:40  |  CRAIG 29/06/08   261.   Gepetto # 230 Did You Run Out Of Ammo Again? 04:05  |  Jeff Northridge 29/06/08   262.   #82, 176 Cipora Northridge, Honoris Causa 04:16  |  Uncle Joe Institute 29/06/08   263.   #145 Peter SM 04:48  |  Jim 29/06/08   264.   #231 Tosefta - I was debating whether or not to respond to Fox 04:59  |  Smadar 29/06/08   265.   #169 NIck Ferriman 05:46  |  Jim 29/06/08   266.   #170 harzion 05:56  |  Jim 29/06/08   267.   Chanah on "agendas" 06:05  |  BBSNews 29/06/08   268.   #247, Smadar 06:21  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 29/06/08   269.   #171 harzion 06:29  |  Jim 29/06/08   270.   erratum 06:35  |  Jim 29/06/08   271.   Northridge - thanks for a Saturday night laugh... 06:39  |  BBSNews 29/06/08   272.   Schocken is wrong 06:48  |  Jacob 29/06/08   273.   # 190 WWACD 06:50  |  Jim 29/06/08   274.   #241, no surprise, Cipora plays the "victim" card... 06:53  |  Silvienne 29/06/08   275.   JIM Whose territory was the West Bank? Where were the borders? 07:06  |  PETER SM 29/06/08   276.   Tosefta, you are wrong as usual 07:09  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 29/06/08   277.   Fool 07:33  |  Ruth Broch 29/06/08   278.   Jacob, maybe you`re too close... 07:35  |  BBSNews 29/06/08   279.   whats wrong with apartheid ? 08:11  |  unique 29/06/08   280.   For X ray (#156) 08:32  |  Steve 29/06/08   281.   Ruth, standing in the schoolhouse door in today`s Israel... 08:35  |  BBSNews 29/06/08   282.   stay separate 08:50  |  sarahs child 29/06/08   283.   Unique, In Israel own words decades ago at the UN founding... 08:50  |  BBSNews 29/06/08   284.   Schoken and a skeleton in his own closet 09:29  |  Call a spade a spade 29/06/08   285.   CHGODMK - I don`t recognize hyphenated Americans 11:14  |  WWACD 29/06/08   286.   14: Labhras does something new and something old 12:16  |  David Teich 29/06/08   287.   9: Potobac, still with the ignorance issues? 12:19  |  David Teich 29/06/08   288.   278: BBSNews again shows its ignorance 12:28  |  David Teich 29/06/08   289.   283: more BBS blunders 12:32  |  David Teich 29/06/08   290.   Steve in Mevasseret Zion 16:09  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 29/06/08   291.   Ancient wisdom for Cipora J. Kohn #276 16:31  |  Mars H. Mallow 29/06/08   292.   Chinese wisdom for Jeff Northridge #261 16:33  |  Gepetto 29/06/08   293.   Poor widdle Teich... 18:56  |  BBSNews 29/06/08   294.   Wee widdle Teich on journalists... 19:28  |  BBSNews 29/06/08   295.   Margie on Steve the "doctor" 21:33  |  BBSNews 29/06/08   296.   Justice Levy doesn`t seem to know the law. ... 10:04  |  Dutch 30/06/08   297.   The Journalist Mohammed Omer 21:33  |  Hilda Tarazi 30/06/08   298.   293: Ahh, BBS is back and avoiding, I see 15:44  |  David Teich 01/07/08   299.   BBS and journalists 15:58  |  David Teich 01/07/08   300.   A few real links for BBS 16:10  |  David Teich 01/07/08

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