How are Israeli Arabs treated?

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grammadebbie50

It is obvious that many who left answers that Israeli Arabs are treated poorly have never been to Israel.
Israel is a democracy and Arab citizens participate in government, business and anything else one would expect of a democracy.

They tend to have their own villages and are very well off. In all of the middle east the Israeli Arabs/ Muslims enjoy a freedom they would not get anywhere else in the middle east. Especially the woman!

The fact that the Dome of the Rock still stands negates the argument that Israel doesn't respect her peoples diversity.

Luaay E

the plain simple example will answer ur question:

When Arab from within green line seeks to marry a Palestinian spouse from West Bank/Gaza he/she can not bring them accross the green line to their home even for a visit let alone something more.on the other hand if you are Jew you are entitled to have Israeli passport no matter where you live and you can bring ur spouse to Palestine without any restrictions.

with all respect to all my good jewish friends Israel is a racist/fascist state that discriminates its own citizens and should be dismantled all together.

zion no more

As second class citizens.

There were many online news articles about this. Those that say otherwise here are dirty zionists and not to be believed.

Here for example
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/966014.html

mark

Let us talk about facts.
Israel is ruled by colonial laws.
There is no written constitution to protect none Zionists.
95% of the land is owned by colonial zionist institutions.
The Israeli Arabs are treated like any native people in the old colonial era.

Shadi

Haim Cohen, a former judge of the Supreme Court of Israel stated:
"The bitter irony of fate decreed that the same biological and racist argument extended by the Nazis, and which inspired the inflammatory laws of Nuremberg, serve as the basis for the official definition of Jewishness in the bosom of the state of Israel"
(quoted in Joseph Badi, Fundamental Laws of the State of Israel NY).

In Israel, citizenship and nationality are two different things. Both Jews and non-Jews may have Israeli citizenship, but nationality is based on race. There is a Jewish nationality and an Arab nationality. All citizens must register with their nationality. Then "Israel" sets legal rights based on nationality rather than just citizenship.
For ex. The nationality of any Jew is "Jew;" and the nationality of an Israeli Arab(even one who has lived for decades) is "Arab"

95% of Israel's lands are open for development for "Jewish people" only, while Israeli-Palestinian minority (who are close to a quarter of Israel's citizens) are restricted to 3% of land!!!

Israeli-Palestinians mostly continue to live in segregate, gated, and over crowded ghettos that are plagued with high unemployment rate and suffers from lack of basic services.
Many, if not all Palestinian-Israeli villages (within the "Green Line") receives no public services whatsoever , such as roads, sanitation, electricity, schools, ...etc.

Its a racist state only set for Jewish people (the Law of Return (1950), the Law of Absentee Property (1950), the Law of the State's Property (1951), the Law of Citizenship (1952), the Status Law (1952), the Israel Lands Administration Law (1960), the Construction and Building Law (1965), and the 2002 temporary law banning marriage between Israelis and Palestinians of the occupied territories...)

Alloha

No, they do not have equal rights and they are dealt with as scum and garbage.
Israelis are real racists by religion and culture

naserq22

Israeli Arabs are well looked after
Dandyl has brought many examples which i agree with her
2000 there were some demonstrations in some Arab cities against the Sharon visit to Aqsa ,as well as in west bank and Gaza,13 of them were killed,
In many occasions you see Israeli demonstrations ,the orders are different,you do not see tear gas,rubber pullets ,live pullets,and police violence acts
A video cosset was released of two police men on a gag were aiming at a demonstrator with gun after they hit him they were laughing and clapping hands
in jobs the key word to be accepted is the question about if you served in army,even those of Druz who serves in the army are not considered as full citizens
even if you have the name such as "Amir Josef" which could be jewish or arab , introducing you name to computer will show the soldier who are you ,Arab or Israeli
In banks there is a different treatment for housing subsidized loans and others
again Dandyl is right ,there are few jobs just for Arabs,
but there is one thing to note,classification is not A & B
in the Jewish society itself you may see more than one jew in a jew,the white Jew which is an American or western European ,with a certain life style,then the East Europe Jew ,the religious Jew (which he considered him self the mr right) but not by the others mind he do not serve in the army but have all allowances ,then comes the arab jews which comes to be equal to new immigrated jews from arab countries then the Russian jews which lately started to rise in the rank according to multiple numbers then comes the black Jews (Falasha) those from Ethiopia, then comes the Israeli palestinians also in many categories
pretty smart lady
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If you live there you are sure that all what you said is fake,but ifd you do not live there so I can go on telling you all about the situation
racism is practiced directly and indirectly
you can have Palestinian members in the parliament but racism is still practiced you can have even minister in education but its the same
even I mentioned in some other Question that the Traffic light is a racist one,
can you tell me what this video is about: and this is only one side
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQDKmrBPI00
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EL3lhRBfAg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F74gWWvPs2I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaXKc8p3NEE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvoARSmapW0

Yaqub H

For a long time they have been treated like dirt.

They are not even allowed to have university education or health in hospitals.

But only recently has the Israeli government began treating them well, only since the Israeli Arabs (who make 1/5 of the population) elected an Israeli-Arab minister and opponents to the government are trying to get this minorities vote.

don

well, you can look at the answers, but here is a brief picture of the situation,

first, Israeli government and Israeli police don`t treat Israeli Arabs badly in whats so called Israel. However, Israelis themselves, maybe specially the religious ones, they keep teasing them, shooting on them sometimes, and practicing all kinds of aggression..
that was in Israeli in general..

however, In AlQuds (Jerusalem), Israeli government always always always give Israelis privilges to tease Arabs, and always alwaya always they give them the ability to take their homes.
I don`t know what excuses they use to do this, but anyway, they just give bad excuses and so and keep taking arabs homes, specially these homes that exist near AlAqsa mosque.
they say One Million Arab lives in Israel,
this means that the ratio is 1:5 right? 1 muslimchristian : 5 jews.
now how come less than 10 percent of Jerusalem lands is owned by arabs? even thought Jerusalem is their most holly place! at least in whats so called Israel!

and generally, why don`t they just treat these 1 million arab bad?
well, its not because they are good people!
its because they can`t get 1/5 (one fifth) of the citizens living Israel angry!

dandyl

The Arab Israelis are not treated as second class citizens in Israel.Israel is one of the most open societies in the world. Out of a population of 6.7 million, about 1.3 million â€” 20 percent of the population â€” are non-Jews (approximately 1.1 million Muslims, 130,000 Christians and 100,000 Druze).

Arabs in Israel have equal voting rights; in fact, it is one of the few places in the Middle East where Arab women may vote. Arabs currently hold 8 seats in the 120-seat Knesset. Israeli Arabs have also held various government posts, including one who served as Israel's ambassador to Finland and the current deputy mayor of Tel Aviv. Oscar Abu Razaq was appointed Director General of the Ministry of Interior, the first Arab citizen to become chief executive of a key government ministry. Ariel Sharon's original cabinet included the first Arab minister, Salah Tarif, a Druze who served as a minister without portfolio. An Arab is also a Supreme Court justice.

Arabic, like Hebrew, is an official language in Israel. More than 300,000 Arab children attend Israeli schools. At the time of Israel's founding, there was one Arab high school in the country. Today, there are hundreds of Arab schools.2

In 2002, the Israeli Supreme Court also ruled that the government cannot allocate land based on religion or ethnicity, and may not prevent Arab citizens from living wherever they choose.2a

The sole legal distinction between Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel is that the latter are not required to serve in the Israeli army. This is to spare Arab citizens the need to take up arms against their brethren. Nevertheless, Bedouins have served in paratroop units and other Arabs have volunteered for military duty. Compulsory military service is applied to the Druze and Circassian communities at their own request.

Some economic and social gaps between Israeli Jews and Arabs result from the latter not serving in the military. Veterans qualify for many benefits not available to non-veterans. Moreover, the army aids in the socialization process.

On the other hand, Arabs do have an advantage in obtaining some jobs during the years Israelis are in the military. In addition, industries like construction and trucking have come to be dominated by Israeli Arabs.

Although Israeli Arabs have occasionally been involved in terrorist activities, they have generally behaved as loyal citizens. During the 1967, 1973 and 1982 wars, none engaged in any acts of sabotage or disloyalty. Sometimes, in fact, Arabs volunteered to take over civilian functions for reservists. During the outbreak of violence in the territories that began in September 2000, Israeli Arabs for the first time engaged in widespread protests with some violence.

The United States has been independent for almost 230 years and still has not integrated all of its diverse communities. Even today, 60 years after civil rights legislation was adopted, discrimination has not been eradicated. It should not be surprising that Israel has not solved all of its social problems in only 60years.

They go to the same schools, work at the same jobs sites, and live in the same neighborhoods as Jews. They also serve in the military and government.

Sounds like they are doing rather well.

And the people saying different need to come to Israel and see for themselves how things are rather than blindly believing what racists say

ron

In my city(Haifa) there are many Arabs living alongside Jews. They are a big percentage of the students at the university. We go to the same general places(beaches, malls, restaurants, etc...). I'm not saying there is no discrimination or prejudice, but I'm optimistic.

larry_lime

If you come to The Technion in Haifa you'll see that Arab comprise 20% of the student body, likewise and possibly more so at Haifa University. Also, Arabs have monopolies in certain areas of the economy and many live in villas whereas Jewish Israelis live in tiny apts. Arabs aren't required to serve in the Army, and they prefer living in Israel than in any Arab country.

I haven't heard of any running the border to get out.

Pretty (smart) lady

Arabs/Muslims in Israel represent 1.2 million out of a total population of 6.25 million. That is about 20%. These Muslims are the only Muslims in the middle east that have the right to free speech, the right to vote for the head of their government, and have the highest standard of living then Muslims in any other middle eastern country. Muslims in Israel enjoy more freedom of religion than Muslims in many other Muslim country (such as Iran and Saudi Arabia). The only difference in citizenship rights between Jewish and Arab citizens, is Arabs are not required to serve in the IDF when they turn 18, as Jews are. However many of them, especially the Druze and the Bedouin, choose to serve to protect their country.

Some people point out the large income gap and the higher infant mortality rates between Israel's Arab and Jewish citizens. It should be noted that despite the higher infant mortality rates of Arabs in Israel, Arabs STILL tend to have more children than the Jews. Plus in Arab society women are discouraged from working. This reduces the average income of the Arab population in Israel.

Despite Israel's shortcomings on integrating its Arab citizens, Arabs and Muslims in Israel are treated much better than Jews, Christians, and atheists in most Arab/Muslim countries. Unlike Christians, Jews, and atheists in Muslim countries, Arabs/Muslims in Israel are not subject to any form of state sponsored discrimination. Arabs and Muslims actually have protection from employment and housing discrimination similar to the protections enjoyed by minorities in the U.S. and Europe. In case the rights of Arabs/Muslims are violated there are many groups, such as Adalah, which defend Arab victims of discrimination in Israeli courts. This type of protection is not available to non-Muslims in most Muslim countries.

Arabs/Muslims make up a large part of Israeli society. For example:

- Many Arabs play on the Israeli soccer team
- 10% of the Israeli Kessenet is Arab/Muslim
- An Arab Justice, Salim Joubran, holds a seat on the Israeli Supreme Court
- Israel's Science, Technology, Culture, and Sports Minister, Raleb Majadele, is Arab
- The Israeli government is currently implementing a 4-year, 4 billion shekel plan to develop infrastructures in the Arab sector
- Israeli Arabs attend and lecture in every Israeli university (despite contrary claims of the British AUT)
- Diplomatic posistions are filled by Arabs in Finland, many South American countries, and even the Israeli consulate in Atlanta
- The Israeli declaration of independence clearly encourages Israel's Arab citizens to stay in the country and live among the population in peace and clearly calls for equal civil rights for the Arab minority:

Jim E

Israeli laws state that they are treated as equal citizens regardless.
I've heard though that people who haven't been through the army ( regardless of race ) find it harder to get a job seeing as army service is a requirement.

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I got told they are treated quite well.

Warren S

Yes. They have equal rights like all citizens of Israel.

LeboNEEZ TEEZ

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