User talk:BaronMaronite

May 2009

Please do not add content without citing reliable sources, as you did to Arab citizens of Israel. Before making potentially controversial edits, it is recommended that you discuss them first on the article's talk page. If you are familiar with Wikipedia:Citing sources please take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Adding ighly POV nonsense based on biased blogs by professional propagandists is not acceptable RolandR (talk) 09:49, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

I am gonna pull out the blogs and leave the sites basically the first paragraph: "introduction", please don't remove entire sections and important content. This entire POV push opinion to brand anti terror activities as racism has to be reconsidered, at least.

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Criticism of preferential treatment for Arabs over Jews

Critics however point out to the reversed unevenness:

Land issues: an example: Israeli Police evict Jews from Jewish-owned Hebron home as applauding Palestinian Arabs looked on [1], there are complaints of Jews who proclaim that they are sick and tired of being second-class citizens, while all Arabs in Judea and Samaria are treated like first-class citizens. [2], in another case An Israeli Supreme Court ruling did not deny that the land was Jewish-owned, but ordered the Jews to be moved out. [3] In another case, a lawyer for Y. Herskovitz, owner of property in Jerusalem, said his client will sue Jerusalem police for failing to execute court orders to evict Arab squatters from his property. [4]

In court (broader issues), the Israelis routinely decide in favor of the Palestinians against their own government, applauded by U.S. Justice Brennan,[5] preferential treatments to Israeli Arabs, Palestinian-Arabs include steps on the expense of security, such as the 'Democracy in action' [6], Israel's Supreme Court took up the grievances of Palestinians and required the government to move the fence in the area near Jerusalem to make things easier for the Palestinians [7] Even the NYTimes acknowledges that at least [8] periodically, Israeli courts rule in favor of Palestinians (instead of security/government officials).

Voting: the Arab minority are full citizens who enjoy equal rights despite not being required to serve in Israel's army . [9] and decry: Israel is the only country in the world that endows a community of its citizens with full voting rights on both local and national levels without also requiring them to serve in the army, adding that Israeli Arabs even refuse the alternative National Service. They even refuse a national service in their own communities and exercise intimidation against members of their community that raise the subject. [10]

Employment: Israel has enacted affirmative action policies to help its minority citizens achieve full social and economic equality. [11] [12], in an example: if an Arab candidate received the same number of points as the Jewish candidate, the Arab doctor was preferable, in keeping with the policy of affirmative action in government ministries. [13]

In academia: a professor has written about Israel's "affirmative action", quotas and preferences for Arabs [14] Israeli universities... instituting programs that discriminate in favor of Arabs and against Jews [15] and that Israel already has a system in place whereby Jews are often treated as second-class citizens. [16]

Checkpoints: From May 2009, All Israeli citizens - including Jews - must now show their ID cards at the large Tarkumiyeh checkpoint, at the same time, life is being made easier for Arabs in the region – despite the several murders that have been perpetrated by Arabs. The IDF explained that the decision was made to “reward” the Arabs for not rioting or attacking during the recent Israeli offensive in Gaza. [17]

Media freedom: while the Arabs have unlimited freedom of broadcast [18] and the Hebrew radio stations like Kol Yisrael and Galei Tzahal (IDF Radio) systematically broadcast from an Arab point of view, yet the Arutz Sheva radio station, often called "Free Israel Radio" (because it is the only independent news network in the Middle East) [19], has seen restricting steps from the Israeli government. [20] [21]

Access to holy sites, often Israeli police closes the Temple Mount to non-Muslims Like: Temple Mount shut to non-Muslims on election eve - was closed to Jews today in response to Muslim threats of violence [22] and on more occasions. [23] BaronMaronite (talk) 10:37, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Please do not add unsourced or original content, as you did to Arab citizens of Israel. Doing so violates Wikipedia's verifiability policy. If you continue to do so, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. It's still racist propaganda from highly unreliable sources, and thus not allowed RolandR (talk) 11:37, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

1) Why are NYTimes, (lefty radical liberal) Haaretz, (mainsteeam) JPost and INN are all of a sudden "highly unreliable sources"?

2) Is it not really racist to claim that Israelis that want to be secured are there for "racists"?

BaronMaronite (talk) 12:03, 10 May 2009 (UTC)