Divided Nation - Israel/Palestine

July 2007
The furor surrounding Israel's rewriting of history schoolbooks reveals the tensions within Israeli society. Arab-Israelis claim they are institutionally discriminated against by the Jewish state. Ibrahim Dwery has been designing homes in Nazareth for 20 years. But when he tried to move there himself, he got a rude awakening. "The estate agent said 'we don't sell to Arabs'". Under Israeli law, not all citizens are equal. The law encourages Jewish immigration but denies residency to spouses from the Palestinian territories. "They are afraid the Arab population of Israel will increase", explains politician Dr Jamal Zehalka. One in five of the Israeli population is an Arab. Their towns receive 50% less funding then Jewish ones and cabinet minister, Avigdor Lieberman, has called for them to be 'transferred' out of Israel. Many Jews believe they are fighting a new battle for Israel's right to exist. "The minute the distinction between Israeli Jews and Israeli Arabs begins to diminish, you have to give up on the Jewish nature of the state", claims commentator Daniel Gordis. But by this logic; "If Israel is not discriminating against Arabs, then it will not exist", retorts Zehalka. As footballer Abbas Suan states; "Whoever has Israeli papers is an Israeli".

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[secallen]

Difference between Jews and Arabs of Middle East/North Africa is that Arabs in Israel have the *opportunity* to have an identity crisis, etc., while the Jews do not - they were all physically excluded (kicked out) from the Arab majority countries they had lived in for centuries *before* the Arab conquest. If it is so bad, Israeli Arabs can move to one of the 22 Arab countries. There they will find that the "poverty" of Israeli Arabs is luxury compared with the Arab masses under Arab rule.

[TheIsraeligeneral666]

Also this video is complete bullshit. We will not give up the "jewish nature" of the state (which would be insane, as this IS the purpose of Israel - to be a state for jews and ONLY jews, and not to become Western European-style multicultural shithole).....we will deport the arab scum out of Israel, together with the fake nigger jews from Africa....Islam has already occupied enough of this planet. They have enough brehtren who will surely help them out. Israel is tiny and it is OURS. Shalom

[TheIsraeligeneral666]

@MrMrRiip

No, Israel IS the future and PISSLAM is the past. Jut wait untl the oil reserves end....you will get your deserved portion of napalm and missiles. Allah analufuckbar

[soxfanatic999]

@malirboy1 You are entirely incorrect. "Palestine" encompassed what is today the Gaza Strip, Israel, the West Bank, and Jordan. Jordan already received 70% of Palestine. Do not spread lies.

[Torchmark]

journeyman pictures, please take some care into correctly syncronizhing the audio with the video.

[MrMrRiip]

There is no future for Israel! You may have won the battle but the war is yet to come. Justice is with the palestinian.

[kungfufreak360]

@vadimzdonutube Learn how to spell first of all, second nobody thinks Abraham was Arab, but he is the father of the Arab and Hebrew races, which was the same race at one time who spoke Aramaic. Which later evolved into Arabic and hebrew

[HawkEyeBlue]

Do these Arabs not read the Quran what says transliteration They will never accept you until you accept their religion

[rockynanach]

Why doesnt this strident aussi focus on australia's (of which i'm a citizen) treatment of its own aboriginals - and let the jews have their little strip of land as their homeland in peace.

[petersz98]

@vadimzdonutube

Israel is the Fourth Reich!