A Question of Racism

[patrickcaturday]

I will be one of the first to admit that most Arab states are bigoted and racist, but would anyone attempt to explain to me why the definition below is not equally bigoted and racist;
DICTIONARY
Zionism
Definition
Zi·on·ism
[ z ə nìzzəm ]
NOUN
1.
movement establishing and developing Jewish state: a worldwide movement, originating in the 19th century, that sought to establish and develop a Jewish nation in Palestine. Since 1948 its function has been to support the state of Israel.
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[Hossfly]

I will be one of the first to admit that most Arab states are bigoted and racist, but would anyone attempt to explain to me why the definition below is not equally bigoted and racist;
DICTIONARY
Zionism
Definition
Zi·on·ism
[ z ə nìzzəm ]
NOUN
1.
movement establishing and developing Jewish state: a worldwide movement, originating in the 19th century, that sought to establish and develop a Jewish nation in Palestine. Since 1948 its function has been to support the state of Israel.
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Is the relationship between Ireland and England bigoted or racist?

 

[FuelRod]

 

[toomuchtime_]

I will be one of the first to admit that most Arab states are bigoted and racist, but would anyone attempt to explain to me why the definition below is not equally bigoted and racist;
DICTIONARY
Zionism
Definition
Zi·on·ism
[ z ə nìzzəm ]
NOUN
1.
movement establishing and developing Jewish state: a worldwide movement, originating in the 19th century, that sought to establish and develop a Jewish nation in Palestine. Since 1948 its function has been to support the state of Israel.
Content above provided by
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Zionism is obviously not a form of racism, since it embraces Jews of all races, and and it in no way corresponds to any accepted definition of bigotry. It is a form of nationalism and is no more and no less reprehensible than any other form of nationalism. While Zionism was the principal force that founded and established the state of Israel and is still an important ideology among Israelis and other Jews, Zionism, Jewish nationalism, is distinct from Israeli nationalism which embraces a large number of Arabs and others who are not Jewish.

 

[patrickcaturday]

I will be one of the first to admit that most Arab states are bigoted and racist, but would anyone attempt to explain to me why the definition below is not equally bigoted and racist;
DICTIONARY
Zionism
Definition
Zi·on·ism
[ z ə nìzzəm ]
NOUN
1.
movement establishing and developing Jewish state: a worldwide movement, originating in the 19th century, that sought to establish and develop a Jewish nation in Palestine. Since 1948 its function has been to support the state of Israel.
Content above provided by
Encarta® World English Dictionary[North American Edition] © & (P) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Zionism is obviously not a form of racism, since it embraces Jews of all races, and and it in no way corresponds to any accepted definition of bigotry. It is a form of nationalism and is no more and no less reprehensible than any other form of nationalism. While Zionism was the principal force that founded and established the state of Israel and is still an important ideology among Israelis and other Jews, Zionism, Jewish nationalism, is distinct from Israeli nationalism which embraces a large number of Arabs and others who are not Jewish.

If you are using the biological definition of race then your argument holds up. But as soon as you add the ism to the word than it is not strictly a matter of biology it becomes a question more of sociology. The sociological definition of racism is more broad in that it deals with ethnicity which in this case is a matter of genetics and culture rather than simple biological characteristics. If you use the sociological definition of Zionism as it is practiced in Israel than you can see that it is a doctrine of racism.



Here are some accepted definitions of bigotry;

bigotry [ˈbɪgətrɪ]

n pl -ries
the attitudes, behaviour, or way of thinking of a bigot; prejudice; intolerance
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003


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bigotry

obtuse or narrow-minded intolerance, especially of other races or religions. — bigot, n., — bigoted, adj.
See also: Race





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Bigotry
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A bigot is a person obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices, especially one exhibiting intolerance, and animosity toward those of differing beliefs. The predominant usage in modern English refers to persons hostile to those of differing sex, race, ethnicity, religious belief or spirituality, political alignment, nationality, language,.......














Now please answer the following questions and see if your above answer to my original question changes

1 ) Are there Jewish only roads in the West Bank ?
2 ) Are there Jewish only settlements not only in the West Bank but also in the Negev ?
3 ) In Jerusalem and other places in Israel are discriminatory practices used in granting building permits that favor the Jewish people over the Palestinians ?
4 ) Are these discriminatory practices on building permits gradually forcing all Muslims out of Jerusalem ?
5 ) Is it the practice of the Israeli Government to move Bedouins ( Israeli citizens ) off of their land and relocate them next to garbage dumps in order to expand Jewish Settlements ?
6 ) Doesn't the fact that Israel wishes to be known as a Jewish State automatically reduce the Muslim and or Arabs that live in Israel to second class citizenship ?
7 ) Doesn't the very concept of Zionism which states that the Jewish People have a right to a homeland in Palestine in abeyance of the rights of the people who were living there indicate racism ?

 

[Hossfly]

Zionism is obviously not a form of racism, since it embraces Jews of all races, and and it in no way corresponds to any accepted definition of bigotry. It is a form of nationalism and is no more and no less reprehensible than any other form of nationalism. While Zionism was the principal force that founded and established the state of Israel and is still an important ideology among Israelis and other Jews, Zionism, Jewish nationalism, is distinct from Israeli nationalism which embraces a large number of Arabs and others who are not Jewish.

If you are using the biological definition of race then your argument holds up. But as soon as you add the ism to the word than it is not strictly a matter of biology it becomes a question more of sociology. The sociological definition of racism is more broad in that it deals with ethnicity which in this case is a matter of genetics and culture rather than simple biological characteristics. If you use the sociological definition of Zionism as it is practiced in Israel than you can see that it is a doctrine of racism.



Here are some accepted definitions of bigotry;

bigotry [ˈbɪgətrɪ]

n pl -ries
the attitudes, behaviour, or way of thinking of a bigot; prejudice; intolerance
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003


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bigotry

obtuse or narrow-minded intolerance, especially of other races or religions. — bigot, n., — bigoted, adj.
See also: Race





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bigotry
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noun

Irrational suspicion or hatred of a particular group, race, or religion: intolerance, prejudice


Bigotry
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Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Bigotry

A bigot is a person obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices, especially one exhibiting intolerance, and animosity toward those of differing beliefs. The predominant usage in modern English refers to persons hostile to those of differing sex, race, ethnicity, religious belief or spirituality, political alignment, nationality, language,.......














Now please answer the following questions and see if your above answer to my original question changes

1 ) Are there Jewish only roads in the West Bank ?
2 ) Are there Jewish only settlements not only in the West Bank but also in the Negev ?
3 ) In Jerusalem and other places in Israel are discriminatory practices used in granting building permits that favor the Jewish people over the Palestinians ?
4 ) Are these discriminatory practices on building permits gradually forcing all Muslims out of Jerusalem ?
5 ) Is it the practice of the Israeli Government to move Bedouins ( Israeli citizens ) off of their land and relocate them next to garbage dumps in order to expand Jewish Settlements ?
6 ) Doesn't the fact that Israel wishes to be known as a Jewish State automatically reduce the Muslim and or Arabs that live in Israel to second class citizenship ?
7 ) Doesn't the very concept of Zionism which states that the Jewish People have a right to a homeland in Palestine in abeyance of the rights of the people who were living there indicate racism ?

Answer to #5

Unrecognized Bedouin villages in Israel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[patrickcaturday]

If you are using the biological definition of race then your argument holds up. But as soon as you add the ism to the word than it is not strictly a matter of biology it becomes a question more of sociology. The sociological definition of racism is more broad in that it deals with ethnicity which in this case is a matter of genetics and culture rather than simple biological characteristics. If you use the sociological definition of Zionism as it is practiced in Israel than you can see that it is a doctrine of racism.



Here are some accepted definitions of bigotry;

bigotry [ˈbɪgətrɪ]

n pl -ries
the attitudes, behaviour, or way of thinking of a bigot; prejudice; intolerance
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

bigotry

obtuse or narrow-minded intolerance, especially of other races or religions. — bigot, n., — bigoted, adj.
See also: Race





Roget's Thesaurus:
bigotry
Top
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noun

Irrational suspicion or hatred of a particular group, race, or religion: intolerance, prejudice


Bigotry
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For people named Bigot and other meanings, see Bigot (disambiguation).
Look up bigotry in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Bigotry

A bigot is a person obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices, especially one exhibiting intolerance, and animosity toward those of differing beliefs. The predominant usage in modern English refers to persons hostile to those of differing sex, race, ethnicity, religious belief or spirituality, political alignment, nationality, language,.......














Now please answer the following questions and see if your above answer to my original question changes

1 ) Are there Jewish only roads in the West Bank ?
2 ) Are there Jewish only settlements not only in the West Bank but also in the Negev ?
3 ) In Jerusalem and other places in Israel are discriminatory practices used in granting building permits that favor the Jewish people over the Palestinians ?
4 ) Are these discriminatory practices on building permits gradually forcing all Muslims out of Jerusalem ?
5 ) Is it the practice of the Israeli Government to move Bedouins ( Israeli citizens ) off of their land and relocate them next to garbage dumps in order to expand Jewish Settlements ?
6 ) Doesn't the fact that Israel wishes to be known as a Jewish State automatically reduce the Muslim and or Arabs that live in Israel to second class citizenship ?
7 ) Doesn't the very concept of Zionism which states that the Jewish People have a right to a homeland in Palestine in abeyance of the rights of the people who were living there indicate racism ?

Answer to #5

Unrecognized Bedouin villages in Israel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Answer to your answer;

See questions 3 and 4 above. Why are Bedouin applications for building permits refused ( thus making the villages unrecognized ) and yet when the JNF applies for building permits they are approved with no problems.

 

[toomuchtime_]

Zionism is obviously not a form of racism, since it embraces Jews of all races, and and it in no way corresponds to any accepted definition of bigotry. It is a form of nationalism and is no more and no less reprehensible than any other form of nationalism. While Zionism was the principal force that founded and established the state of Israel and is still an important ideology among Israelis and other Jews, Zionism, Jewish nationalism, is distinct from Israeli nationalism which embraces a large number of Arabs and others who are not Jewish.

If you are using the biological definition of race then your argument holds up. But as soon as you add the ism to the word than it is not strictly a matter of biology it becomes a question more of sociology. The sociological definition of racism is more broad in that it deals with ethnicity which in this case is a matter of genetics and culture rather than simple biological characteristics. If you use the sociological definition of Zionism as it is practiced in Israel than you can see that it is a doctrine of racism.



Here are some accepted definitions of bigotry;

bigotry [ˈbɪgətrɪ]

n pl -ries
the attitudes, behaviour, or way of thinking of a bigot; prejudice; intolerance
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

bigotry

obtuse or narrow-minded intolerance, especially of other races or religions. — bigot, n., — bigoted, adj.
See also: Race





Roget's Thesaurus:
bigotry
Top
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noun

Irrational suspicion or hatred of a particular group, race, or religion: intolerance, prejudice


Bigotry
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For people named Bigot and other meanings, see Bigot (disambiguation).
Look up bigotry in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Bigotry

A bigot is a person obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices, especially one exhibiting intolerance, and animosity toward those of differing beliefs. The predominant usage in modern English refers to persons hostile to those of differing sex, race, ethnicity, religious belief or spirituality, political alignment, nationality, language,.......














Now please answer the following questions and see if your above answer to my original question changes

1 ) Are there Jewish only roads in the West Bank ?
2 ) Are there Jewish only settlements not only in the West Bank but also in the Negev ?
3 ) In Jerusalem and other places in Israel are discriminatory practices used in granting building permits that favor the Jewish people over the Palestinians ?
4 ) Are these discriminatory practices on building permits gradually forcing all Muslims out of Jerusalem ?
5 ) Is it the practice of the Israeli Government to move Bedouins ( Israeli citizens ) off of their land and relocate them next to garbage dumps in order to expand Jewish Settlements ?
6 ) Doesn't the fact that Israel wishes to be known as a Jewish State automatically reduce the Muslim and or Arabs that live in Israel to second class citizenship ?
7 ) Doesn't the very concept of Zionism which states that the Jewish People have a right to a homeland in Palestine in abeyance of the rights of the people who were living there indicate racism ?

1) No, there are roads in the West Bank that can only be used by Israelis, including Arab Israelis, without special permits, but there are no roads that can only be used by Jews.

2) No, there are Israeli communities that have no Jews and communities that have no Arabs, but both Israeli law and courts have held that no Israeli community can exclude anyone because of race, religion, ethnicity, etc.

3) No, Under Israeli law, it is illegal to discriminate in housing by race, religion, ethnicity, etc. and Jerusalem is part of Israel. The government has approved building permits in Arab as well as Jewish neighborhoods. In fact, the rate of approval of building permits applied for by Arabs is about the same as those applied for by Jews.

■Illegal construction has reached epidemic proportions. A senior Palestinian official boasted that they have built 6,000 homes without permits during the last 4 years, of which less than 200 were demolished by the city.

■This frantic pace of illegal construction continues despite the fact that the city has authorized more than 36,000 permits for new housing units in the Arab sector, more than enough to meet the needs of Arab residents through legal construction until 2020.

■Arab residents who wish to build legally may consult urban plans translated into Arabic for their convenience and receive individual assistance from Arabic-speaking city employees.

■Both Arabs and Jews typically wait 4-6 weeks for permit approval, enjoy a similar rate of application approvals, and pay an identical fee ($3,600) for water and sewage hook-ups on the same size living unit.

■The same procedures for administrative demolition orders apply to both Jews and Arabs in all parts of the city, as a final backstop to remove structures built illegally on roadbeds or land designated for schools, clinics, and the like.

■The Palestinian Authority and Arab governments have spent hundreds of millions of dollars in an intentional campaign to subsidize and encourage massive illegal construction in the Arab sector, seeing this as part of their “demographic war” against Israel.

■Many large, multi-story, luxury structures have been built by criminals on land they do not own, frequently land belonging to Palestinian Christians living abroad.

■This epidemic of illegal construction is similar to illegal building that troubles cities in scores of countries worldwide and where the authorities utilize the law to demolish the structures.

■More than any single factor, the 35-year-long boycott of municipal politics by the Palestinian leadership has resulted in the continued imbalance in municipal services in Arab neighborhoods vis-a-vis Jewish neighborhoods.

■Despite frequent accusations that the city’s planning policy seeks to “Judaize” Jerusalem, the Arab population of the city has increased since 1967 from 27% to 32%. Moreover, since 1967 new Arab construction has outpaced Jewish construction.

ILLEGAL CONSTRUCTION IN THE “ARAB SECTOR” OF JERUSALEM | 4international

The city of Jerusalem has approved the construction of new Arab housing in one of the rare open spaces in the capital’s historic center. In addition, the city has given retroactive authorization to hundreds of illegally built homes.

The area in question is located in the “King's Garden,” adjacent to Shiloach (Silwan) at the southern entrance to the Kidron Valley. It is mentioned by name in Jeremiah and the Book of Kings.

Plans originally called for turning the area into a green park and preserving it as an historic treasure.

The project faces objections from several sides. Local Arabs are not pleased with plans to add housing, but instead have furiously rioted over plans to demolish 22 of the hundreds of illegally built homes in the area.

Arab Neighborhood Planned for Central Jerusalem - Inside Israel - News - Israel National News

4) There are no such discriminatory practices and since 1967, the Arab population of Jerusalem has continued to grow and Arab building has outpaced Jewish building. The Arabs aren't being driven out; they are complaining about Jews moving in.

5) No, Bedouin communities that have been built without proper permits have sometimes been demolished just as illegal Jewish building is. It is illegal under Israeli law to discriminate on the basis of race, religion,ethnicity, etc.

6) No, all Israeli citizens have equal rights under the law. Calling Israel a Jewish state may be as offensive to some Arab Israelis as calling the US a Christian country is to some non Christians, but it in no way reduces the legal rights of non Jewish Israelis.

7) No, the establishment of the state of Israel in no way limited the rights of others living there, in fact, Arab Israelis have all the same rights as Jewish Israelis, and more rights, freedom and opportunities than any other Arabs in the ME.

Zionism was not motivated by a desire to impose Jewish power over another people but to establish a safe place to which Jews could escape centuries of persecutions, including forced conversions and pogroms, in both Europe and the Arab world that continued right into the twentieth century.

19th century

There were pogroms too in the nineteenth century in the Arab and Islamic worlds. There was a massacre of Jews in Baghdad in 1828.[19] There was another massacre in Barfurush in 1867.[19] In 1839, in the eastern Persian city of Meshed, a mob burst into the Jewish Quarter, burned the synagogue, and destroyed the Torah scrolls. This is known as the Allahdad incident. It was only by forcible conversion that a massacre was averted.[20]

The Damascus affair occurred in 1840, when an Italian monk and his servant disappeared in Damascus. Immediately following, a charge of ritual murder was brought against a large number of Jews in the city. All were found guilty. The consuls of England, France and Austria as well as Ottoman authorities, Christians, Muslims and Jews all played a great role in this affair.[21] Following the Damascus affair, pogroms spread through the Middle East and North Africa. As well as Damascus (1840, 1848, 1890), pogroms of varying degrees of intensity occurred in: Aleppo (1850, 1875), Beirut (1862, 1874), Dayr al-Qamar (1847), Jerusalem (1847), Cairo (1844, 1890, 1901–02), Mansura (1877), Alexandria (1870, 1882, 1901–07), Port Said (1903, 1908), Damanhur (1871, 1873, 1877, 1891), Istanbul (1870, 1874), Buyukdere (1864), Kuzguncuk (1866), Eyub (1868), Edirne (1872), Izmir (1872, 1874).[22]

20th century

In the Arab world, there were a number of pogroms which played a key role in the massive emigration from Arab countries to Israel.

On 1–2 June 1941, the two-day Farhud pogrom in Iraq, in which "rioters murdered between 150 and 180 Jews, injured 600 others, and raped an undetermined number of women. They also looted some 1,500 stores and homes".[31][32]
Anti-Jewish rioters killed over 140 Jews in the 1945 Tripoli pogrom.
The 1945 Cairo pogrom marked the start of a series of violent acts against Egypt's Jews.
Half of Aleppo's 10,000 Jews left the city in the wake of the 1947 Aleppo pogrom.
The 1947 Aden pogrom brought to an end the existence of Aden's almost two-thousand-year-old Jewish community.
The 1948 Oujda and Jerada pogrom and 1954 Petitjean pogrom were pogroms in Morocco.[33]

Pogrom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In fact, the US was the preferred destination for Jews trying to escape persecution in Europe and the ME, but anti immigration laws passed in the early 1920's blocked Jewish immigration to the US and without establishing a Jewish state, there would have been no safe place for Jews trying to escape persecution.

 

[toomuchtime_]

Answer to #5

Unrecognized Bedouin villages in Israel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Answer to your answer;

See questions 3 and 4 above. Why are Bedouin applications for building permits refused ( thus making the villages unrecognized ) and yet when the JNF applies for building permits they are approved with no problems.

Building permits for both Arab Israelis and Jewish Israelis are approved at the same rate.

 

[Wolverine1984]

Answer to #5

Unrecognized Bedouin villages in Israel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Answer to your answer;

See questions 3 and 4 above. Why are Bedouin applications for building permits refused ( thus making the villages unrecognized ) and yet when the JNF applies for building permits they are approved with no problems.

To answer this question I must make something clear:
To get a building permit you must fill a certain criteria, not everyone Jewish or otherwise gets a building permit.
The criteria includes pluming , a sound structure using appropriate materials, foundation access to electricity etc ...

If you want to build a house in a city , it won't be a problem to abide by those rules , however if you want to build a shack in the the desert this would prove difficult.

This is a picture of an unapproved Bedouin structure ...
I hope it's clear to you why those buildings don't meet the building permit criteria.

If your building meets the criteria you will get a permit , no matter what is your ethnic group ...
There is no racial discrimination here ...

 

[SAYIT]

Zionism is obviously not a form of racism, since it embraces Jews of all races, and and it in no way corresponds to any accepted definition of bigotry. It is a form of nationalism and is no more and no less reprehensible than any other form of nationalism. While Zionism was the principal force that founded and established the state of Israel and is still an important ideology among Israelis and other Jews, Zionism, Jewish nationalism, is distinct from Israeli nationalism which embraces a large number of Arabs and others who are not Jewish.

If you are using the biological definition of race then your argument holds up. But as soon as you add the ism to the word than it is not strictly a matter of biology it becomes a question more of sociology. The sociological definition of racism is more broad in that it deals with ethnicity which in this case is a matter of genetics and culture rather than simple biological characteristics. If you use the sociological definition of Zionism as it is practiced in Israel than you can see that it is a doctrine of racism.



Here are some accepted definitions of bigotry;

bigotry [ˈbɪgətrɪ]

n pl -ries
the attitudes, behaviour, or way of thinking of a bigot; prejudice; intolerance
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

bigotry

obtuse or narrow-minded intolerance, especially of other races or religions. — bigot, n., — bigoted, adj.
See also: Race





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bigotry
Top
Home > Library > Literature & Language > Thesaurus

noun

Irrational suspicion or hatred of a particular group, race, or religion: intolerance, prejudice


Bigotry
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
For people named Bigot and other meanings, see Bigot (disambiguation).
Look up bigotry in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Bigotry

A bigot is a person obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices, especially one exhibiting intolerance, and animosity toward those of differing beliefs. The predominant usage in modern English refers to persons hostile to those of differing sex, race, ethnicity, religious belief or spirituality, political alignment, nationality, language,.......














Now please answer the following questions and see if your above answer to my original question changes

1 ) Are there Jewish only roads in the West Bank ?
2 ) Are there Jewish only settlements not only in the West Bank but also in the Negev ?
3 ) In Jerusalem and other places in Israel are discriminatory practices used in granting building permits that favor the Jewish people over the Palestinians ?
4 ) Are these discriminatory practices on building permits gradually forcing all Muslims out of Jerusalem ?
5 ) Is it the practice of the Israeli Government to move Bedouins ( Israeli citizens ) off of their land and relocate them next to garbage dumps in order to expand Jewish Settlements ?
6 ) Doesn't the fact that Israel wishes to be known as a Jewish State automatically reduce the Muslim and or Arabs that live in Israel to second class citizenship ?
7 ) Doesn't the very concept of Zionism which states that the Jewish People have a right to a homeland in Palestine in abeyance of the rights of the people who were living there indicate racism ?

Your specious and circular arguments lead to an obvious conclusion ... it is you who suffers from advanced bigotry and racism. Take a good look in the mirror.

 

[MJB12741]

Israel is so racist it is the only country in the entire Middle East that has citizens of nearly all living faiths. And all their houses of worship are protected by the Israeli government which even has Palestinjians represented in the Knesset. Now THATS racist, right Patrick?

 

[Artevelde]

The idea that Zionism is a form of racism is an odious lie. Most nations aspire to have their own homeland, and in that respect the Jewish nation is no different from others.
Undoubtedly there are examples to be found of bigotry in Israel, like in every country and society. But it is pretty racist to deny the Jews the right to have a state of their own.