Ethnic Cleansing and "Israel"

Source: Counterpunch, 03-03-2009

By: CONN HALLINAN

According to an ‘Israeli' Association for Civil Rights, anti-Arab incidents have risen sharply. "Israeli society is reaching new heights of racism that damages freedom of expression and privacy," says Sami Michael, the organization's president. Among the Association's findings:

• Some 55 percent of Jewish ‘Israelis' say that the state should encourage Arab emigration;

• 78 percent of Jewish ‘Israelis' oppose including Arab parties in the government;

• 56 percent agree with the statement that "Arabs cannot attain the Jewish level of cultural development";

• 75 percent agree that Arabs are inclined to be violent. Among Arabs in ‘Israel' (Occupied Palestine), 54 percent feel bitter about Jews.

• 75 percent of ‘Israeli' Jews say they would not live in the same building as Arabs.