What does Israel plan to do about the growing Palestinian Arab population within its borders?

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Bravo Sierra

They will find a way to neutralize them and make them terrorists

Haifa

Nothing Much, i heard and saw Israeli Arabs.
they are having peaceful lives living in peace together with the Hebrews.

Its politics that causes problems, but people can get along just fine.

yanar89

Do this to the people http://www.flickr.com/photos/10659472@N02/

chinacat sunflower

I'm not sure what Israel PLANS to do, but I'm sure it's not good. What Israel in fact WILL be dealing with in the foreseeable future is an Arab majority. Perhaps then will the Israeli government be recognized as the arpartheid system that it is, and cease to become relevant to its benefactor, the United States.
Same thing will occur in Northern Ireland when the Catholic population reaches a majority; buh-bye, Britain!

Crying Poet

Nothing other than a culling every now and then as witnessed recently in Gaza.

Killing over a thousand people and then destroying the hospitals and maintaining a siege so necessary medical equipment doesn't enter means people have died directly and indirectly and will continue to do so as Israel wishes to keep down the number of Palestinians.

God Bless Gaza

^ PaLo ^

Good question.

There are not that many Palestinian Arabs in Israel, mainly just in East Jerusalem. There are alot of Arab Israelis though but there numbers have been pretty neutral in growth the past 20 years compared to the rise in birth from Orthodox and Mizrahi(Middleastern) Jews.

trancinguy

Any one can plan, but God is the best of planners.

Clyde N

Well, let's see-Hitler had the Jews wear a yellow armband to identify them more easily for killing-Israel wants the Arab population to swear an oath of allegiance not to attack them-like that means anything-IT DOES-kill any Arab that took the oath.The one reason Israel has not annexed the West Bank and Gaza strips is because -GUESS WHAT- a Jewish Israel instantly becomes a MAJORITY Arab country instead of waiting 25- 30 years-solution-eliminate Arabs by calling them terrorists, and, stealing their land, to build ILLEGAL BUFFER ZONES and JEWISH ONLY settlements. At the right time, Phase II - the Nazi Israeli gas chambers.Currently, Israel restricts land usage and sales to Jews and non Arabs to diminish Arab growth in many areas. They also use permit violation on homes and buildings that have none and were in place before Israel existed. Right wingers wish to deport Arabs to other Arab countries. Some moderates have suggested land swaps between the West Bank and Israel. Bottom line elminate the Arab population any way they can get away with.

EDIT: Early archeological textual reference to the territory of Palestine is found in the Merneptah Stele, dated c. 1200 BCE, containing a recount of Egyptian king Merneptah's victories in the land of Canaan, mentioning place-names such as Gezer, Ashkelon and Yanoam, along with Israel, which is mentioned using a hieroglyphic determinative that indicates a nomad people, rather than a state.

The promise that is the basis of the term "promised land" is contained in Genesis 15:18-21 of the Hebrew Bible:

"On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abrham and said, "To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates - the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites."

The verse is said to describe what are known as "Borders of the Land" (Gevulot Ha-aretz). In Jewish tradition these borders define the maximum extent of the land promised to the descendants of Abraham through his son Isaac(2nd born-the Jewish lineage and Ishmael the 1st born and the Arab lineage) and grandson Jacob.Even according to Jewish customs, the oldest son, which is Ishmael, is entitled to the father's inheritance, but because Sarah despised Ishmael, she wanted Isaac to get the inheritance and had Abraham exhile Ishmael. Neither is Ishmael illegitimate but the legal son of his SECOND wife Hagar-Genesis 16: "And Sarah Abraham's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abraham had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abraham to be his WIFE(my emphasis).

The promise is made to Abraham and the descendants of his son Isaac, and Isaac's son Jacob, Abraham's grandson as they are all given promise that their descendants will be given a territory from the river of Egypt to the Euphrates river.No where does it say the Israelis/Jews OWNED the land, nor were they to take it from, and, kill the Palestinians. The Israelis/Jews were given a land ONLY to reside in as many Jews already had among the Palestinians.God clearly states whom the land belongs to-"the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites." Of all these people, only the Palestinians whom are considered Canaanites, are still around. Except for Iran and Israel, Arabs own all of what was Canaan.

Clyde N

×”×ž×–×¨×—- I have read the Bible- the city on the hill(that's Israel). God will punish her for her indiscretions and she will be brought to her knees. Nation upon nation shall rise up against her. God intervenes and a NEW Jerusalem is formed-different then the barbaric one now. Sound familiar-the world is against Israel now over the Palestinian situation. Even the US has asked her to minimally stop the Illegal Jewish only settlements and buffer zones in the West Bank and Gaza strips-her goal is to reduce or even eliminate the Arab population. Should Israel annex them now, she will instantly become a Jewish country with an Arab MAJORITY, instead of this happening in 25-30 years. The level of seriousness will increase , until even the US will no longer tolerate Israel's barbaric actiivities, then it will be time for GOD to force a NEW Jerusalem-you might call that winning.

The Other Cornerstone

Give them these gum things for free

Unknown

Create a neighboring Palestinian state.

Arieh

Are you talking about the Israeli Arabs or the Palestinians living alongside the Jews in the West Bank? Either way, there is nothing to be done. Wherever the Jewish state's final borders are realized, they will still keep the majority of seats in the Knesset.

THE TRUTH IS HOLY

The most moral and ethical act that Israel can perform re this issue is to complete the population exchange begun in 1947/8 when more than 850,000 Jews were violently booted out of the Arab countries of their origin. The exchange was never completed, but, in the name of peace and love and brotherhood, should be completed now.

×”×ž×–×¨×—×™â€Ž

Haven't you read the Book? It explains everything in detail. They attack us. We win.
The end.

dandyl

Israel welcomes all her citizens, no matter what religion they are.The Arab people born in Israel are Israelis and not Palestinians.They have the same status as the rest of the population.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).1

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.

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.

Lupines supports GEERT WILDERS

Hi. Everything can be solved to absorb more Arabs without risking the Jewish state is by moving towards a theocracy. Within the theocracy there is already room for other non-Jewish inhabitants, I personally think of them as Noahides. Israel's latest elections show more of a "rightist" and religious stance.

The issue hasn't been to exclude or ethnically cleanse out anyone from Israel. Israel already absorbed what non-hostile Arabs that lived there and wanted to be absorbed. The issue has always been that the other people within Israel are hostile and that many of these people "just showed up" and gave up either their Syrian or Jordanian nationalities to fight the fledgling Jewish state.

A correction to you on "West Bank." That terminology is artificial English name. The correct name is Judea and Samaria and Israel very much has a claim and entitlement to that region as it should be

custardetapioca

Israel has a new government which was elected to handle such matters. Anyhow, I am glad you agree (realize) that the Arabs are using their Population (Explosion) Bomb as a weapon against Israel.

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