Israeli Democracy: Epic Fail

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BBC said:
Israel disqualifies Arab parties

Israel's election authorities have voted to ban two of the three main Arab political parties from running in next month's general elections.

The Central Election Committee (CEC)voted overwhelmingly to ban the United Arab List-Ta'al (UAL-Ta'al) and Balad, accusing them of supporting terrorism.

An MP for UAL-Ta'al said the move was racist and he would appeal against it.

Arabs make up about a fifth of Israel's population and hold seven of 120 seats in the Knesset, or parliament.

Israeli Arabs have full citizenship but often complain they suffer from discrimination.

'Election strategy'

The 30-member panel voted 26-3 with one abstention to disqualify Balad, and voted 21-3 with eight abstentions to disqualify UAL-Ta'al.

The committee is composed of representatives from Israel's major political parties.

The measure was proposed by the National Union and Israel Beiteinu, two ultra-nationalist parties.

The motion claimed the two Arab parties supported terrorism and "did not recognise Israel's existence as a Jewish and democratic state", Knesset spokesman Giora Pordis told the AFP news agency.

The Israeli high court has until Friday to rule on the decision - the deadline for submitting Knesset lists.

The Arab members of the committee walked out of the session before the vote was held, after a stormy debate about the Israeli military's operations in Gaza.

"This racist government want us out of the Knesset during the war on Gaza," Mr Tibi told the BBC's Fouad Abu-ghosh.

"They are accusing us of supporting the terror while they are killing children in Gaza," he added.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7825032.stm

Here is a BBC article according which not all Arab parties are banned, "just" two out of three.
 
Whatsthepoint said:
Ok, that changes things.
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It was rather obvious. The Arabs in Israel are politicly divided, You will find people closer to islamists and those who treat Israel as their home. Israel probably banned those who openly support Hamas, which isnt anything suprising.
 
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As a popular party with Israel’s large Arab minority, the Balad Party has been seen as a prime mover behind the nation’s domestic antiwar movement. Though officials have repeatedly warned them that "there is a limit to democracy" in Israel, this opposition party never seems to have fully learned its lesson.


I understand that this demand of them as "transform the state of Israel into a democracy for all its citizens, irrespective of national or ethnic identity," must to be too much for "the only democracy of the Middle East".

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Sounds terrific, right?


By the way; Avigdor Lieberman, a member of parliament and the chairman of the Israel Beiteinu party proposed at 13th of January at nuclear strike on Gaza as "solution" of problem with Hamas.

"We must continue to fight Hamas just like the United States did with the Japanese in World War II," Lieberman added.

His party is ok, right; when banned parties make demonstrations for peace? Just only wants to kill all population in Gaza for security of occupiers.


Great world we live.
 
Suomipoika said:
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Shouldnt we atleast see how the process ends before crucifying dem evil jews?
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I have nothing against jews. I have a big problem however with the Israeli government barging in and stealing all of palestine under some false pretense that it is safe haven given to them by God (which in Jewish theology cannot happen until the messiah arrives)

As for waiting for the process to end, I don't think you understand the predicament: 2 (of 3) arab political parties are banned from next months election. Handicapping a part is practically the same as rigging an election. It's a sham and Israel's government KNOWS it.

Like I said: I have no problem with jews. But I do have a big problem with the Israeli government.
 
Supreme Court revokes ban on Arab parties from national elections

Israel's Supreme court overruled on Wednesday a parliamentary panel which had decided to bar Israeli Arab parties from running in next month's parliamentary election.

The court issued its decision in response to an appeal filed by Arab politicians against the ban. A spokesman for the Courts Administration said judges overturned the ban in an unanimous vote Wednesday.

In response to the court decision, Israeli Arab MK Ahmed Tibi said: "We have defeated fascism, but this battle is not quite complete, discrimination has become centralized. We will finish this operation in Israel on the day of elections."

The Central Elections Committee (CEC) last week banned the Arab parties United Arab List-Ta'al and Balad from running in February's parliamentary elections amid accusations of racism from Arab MKs.

Arab faction delegates in the CEC walked out of the hall before the vote, shouting, "this is a fascist, racist state." As they walked out, CEC deputy chairman MK David Tal (Kadima) and the Arab delegates pushed each other and a Knesset guard had to intervene and separate them.

The CEC voted overwhelmingly in favor of the motions, accusing the country's Arab parties of incitement, supporting terrorist groups and refusing to recognize Israel's right to exist, against the background of Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip.

The requests to ban the Arab parties were filed by two ultra right parties Yisrael Beiteinu and National Union-National Religious Party.

In response to the Supreme Court's decision, Yisrael Beitenu Chairman Avigdor Lieberman on Wednesday called the ruling "unfortunate, since no boundary was established to prevent the disloyalty of some of the Arab MKs toward the state of Israel."

Lieberman added that "[former chief justice] Aharon Barak once said that a democracy does not need to kill itself to prove its vitality. The court threw away this declaration and in fact gave the Arab parties license to kill the state of Israel as a Jewish democratic state," adding that his party will not back down. "In the next Knesset, we will pass a citizenship law that will prevent the disloyalty of some of Israel's Arabs," he said.

The new Meretz movement welcomed the court's decision in a statement, saying "we are happy that the Kahanism that has characterized that political establishment, including Kadima and Labor, hasn't reached the justice system," referring to the party of Meir Kahane, which was in fact banned from participating in parliamentary elections over its extreme right wing views.

"Kadima and Labor will have to do some deep soul searching over their populist, senseless decisions that sought to prevent the representation of Israel's Arab citizens in parliament," Meretz's statement said.

Sports, Culture and Science Minister Raleb Majadale, the only Israeli Arab minister serving in the Knesset, also welcomed the court's decision, saying that "the court didn't yield to extremism and racism. In a democratic society, it is fitting that all minorities will be represented in the government."

Last week, after the elections committee issued the ban on the Arab parties, Balad warned that if the court were to uphold the committee's decision, the party would call for a boycott of the elections and establish an alternative Arab parliament.

Muslim and Christian Arabs make up about 20 percent of Israel's 7.4 million citizens. There are 10 Arab lawmakers in the 120-seat Knesset.
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And the Israeli system works.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1057497.html
 
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Sure system works as like it worked in the South Africa in they apartheid times.

Why they haven´t lock out of elections also party whose leader is "Adolp" Lieberman who is russian, not "israeli"? He told best way to end rule of Palestinians is kill all of them; nuclear strike to Gaza, bombings to the West Bank.

In May 2006, Lieberman called for the killing of Arab members of Knesset who meet with members of the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority.

http://electronicintifada.net/bytopic/people/658.shtml
 
Israeli Arabs have full citizenship but often complain they suffer from discrimination.
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The state of Zionism = the state of discrimination.

Israel is acting against the Palestinians as Hetler had done with the jews
 

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