Do arabs enjoy equal rights in israel?

To answer you, yes they do,Israel is one of the most open societies in the world. Out of a population of 6.7 million, about 1.3 million — 20 percent of the population — 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.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, 61years 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 only61 years. Plus all the myths and propaganda , written by you are just myths and are all false.

No. As Jimmy Carter wrote "Palestine: Peace not Apartheid". israel treats the Palestinians like Hitler treated the Jews.

being an arab living in israel i know what the conditions are like there overall we have basic rights but they're hardly anything to brag about example: we have our own schools, yet because we get low funding, they are in bad condition (I mean realllly bad) this is the primary reason why hardly any arabs make it to israeli universities moreover, this is the reason why there are so many israeli arabs attending jordanian universities

Do whites enjoy the equal rights they were granted in Zimbabwe? No! And you'll find the same is true for Arabs living in Israel. The Israeli government is an apartheid regime and needs to go the way that South Africa's former regime went. Right now, on human rights, it rates right down there with Zimbabwe, Myanmar, and North Korea.

-Ronnie Kasrils, minister for intelligence in the South African government and of the Jewish faith: "The Palestinian minority in Israel has for decades been denied basic equality in health, education, housing and land possession, solely because it is not Jewish. The fact that this minority is allowed to vote hardly redresses the rampant injustice in all other basic human rights. They are excluded from the very definition of the 'Jewish state', and have virtually no influence on the laws, or political, social and economic policies. Hence, their similarity to the black South Africans under apartheid." (The Guardian, 25 May 2005) -For Israel to become a "Jewish majority" it opted to expel and dispossess the two-third Palestinian majority. The remaining Palestinian population were later called "Israeli Arabs" . -95% of Israel's lands (which is mostly owned by Palestinian refugees) is open for development to Jews only. Israeli-Palestinian minority (who are close to a quarter of Israel's citizens) are restricted to 3% of land. -For just being "Jewish" you gain an automatic citizenship in Israel. Plus tens of thousands of dollars in subsidies too. Palestinian Muslims or Christians refugees, who were born in the country and who are native to it and later expelled, cannot gain Israeli citizenship? Of course, unless they convert to Judaism first! -Israel issues national identify cards where the religion of the card holder is clearly shown in bold type. -According to a forthcoming report by the Human Rights Association in Nazareth, almost all of the Muslim and Christian holy places that existed in Israel before 1948 have been destroyed, fenced off, locked up or converted for the use of Jewish communities. -A report by the Adva centre for equality in Tel Aviv showed last year that the worst 36 blackspots for unemployment in Israel were all Arab communities. Although the national jobless rate hovers around 10 per cent, many Palestinian communities suffer official unemployment.

To answer ask yourself: Do Jews have equal rights in Saudi Arabia? The answer is NO. Why Arabs should have equal rights in Israel?

michel angelo i,m holding an israeli identity card and have carefully read it,there is no mention of race or religion on it. at least find out if your hatred is correct.

No one's really going to read all that, just like how no one ever really reads Dandyl's posts.

ABSOLUTELY NOT.First, what do you call a democracy-having elections does NOT make them so-In Israel, Arabs are SECOND calss citizens-Arabs find it next to impossible to get building/expansion/repair permits so either build illegally or let property fall in disrepair, then Israel makes corrupt use of emminent domain orders to buldoze and steal (NO ENUMERATION) such properties. GET THIS- Israel procured an old Palestinian cemetery through this method-the ULTRA Orthodox Jews actually sided with the Arab Palestinians against its use for a peace center-unheard of-usually on opposing sides-Isarel built a highway, a Motel, and the Simon Wiesenthal Peace Center, bulldozing over the graves to do so.They are using these methods to take other Arab properties in Israel: http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/06/avidgors-ascent-an-honest-conversation-.html They are the ONLY country on earth to refuse people the "RIGHT to return"-Gernany and the Arab countries allow this for the Jews, but not the Jews for the Arab Palestinians. There are green regions in Israel were land, much of it stolen as above, is not sold to Arabs and they are NOT allowed to build on it. Arabs and Jews MUST worship at the same Holly sites at separate and different times.Illegal JEWISH ONLY settlements are built on land stolen from Palestinians through murder, in the West Bank and Gaza strips then walls are built around them-Israel is building a wall separating Arab East Jerusalem from the West Bank whom it belongs to.Israel intends on annexing the West Bank and Gaza stips through brutality and murder.They want Arabs to take an oathe like the Nazis wanted the Jews to wear a yellow arm band-easier to kill them with. They call themsselves democratic.Very Nazi like. They are in self-denial of the truth.Judge for your self.Nazis and Jews used mass graves(witnessed by Amnesty International), Jews and Nazis claim to be a master race/chosen people, Nazis and Jews put curfews on their victims, Nazis and Jews pushed their victims off their land, businesses, and homes, Nazis and Jews bulldozed and stole their victims land and homes and killed the victims, Nazis(flame throwers) and Jews(phosphorous and cluster bombs) tortured their victims, Nazis and Jews blamed their victims for ALL their problems, Nazis(used yellow arm bands) and Jews(used an oath) marked their victims for easy identification and murder,Nazis(no sales to Jews) and Jews(green regions where Arabs can NOT buy ,nor, build on) have segregation-don't take MY word for it, but that of a JEWISH SCHOLAR-NOTE the very striking similiarities: http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/deutschland-uber-alles/ Hear a VERY, VERY Hitleristic(ACTUALLY, even more venomous than Hitler) view: "Our race (speaking of the Jews) is the Master Race. We are divine gods on this planet. We are as different from the inferior races as they are from insects. In fact, compared to our race, other races are beasts and animals, cattle at best. Other races are considered as human excrement. Our destiny is to rule over the inferior races. Our earthly kingdom will be ruled by our leader with a rod of iron. The masses will lick our feet and serve us as our slaves." - Menachem Begin. (Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin in a speech to the Knesset [Israeli Parlament], quoted by Amnon Kapeliouk, "Begin and the Beasts," New Statesman, June 25, 1982) compared to Adolph Hitler: "Hence today I believe that I am acting in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator: by defending myself against the Jew, I am fighting for the work of the Lord," adding "Compared to the absurd catchword about safeguarding law and order, thus laying a peaceable groundwork for mutual swindles, the task of preserving and advancing the highest humanity, given to this earth by the benevolence of the Almighty, seems a truly high mission." For Hitler, removing the subhumans from earth was not a matter of biology or evolution---it was a divine mandate from God Himself, the "work of the Lord", a "truly high mission". –Adolf Hitler (Mein Kampf) MORE: Every major War with the Arabs, has been initiated by Israel, INcluding its creation in 1948, by killing Arabs and stealing their land. Israel left Lebanon 3/4 in ruble, killing thousands, for A FEW hundred terrorists. Let's see now-your premises is because Israel stole Arab Palestine land and killed its owners to create Israel in 1948 and continue to do so today with the goal of annexing the West Bank and Gaza strips, the Palestinians should recognize Israel. First ask yourself, whom is invading/occupyin/stealing land/killing the land owners. It is none other than-YOU GUESSED IT-Israel.Yes, the Hamas has it in their charter to blow Israel off the map, but it is ISRAEL whom ACTUALLY is removing the Palestinians off the map.Israel what is your road map to peace, it does NOT include Palestinians: The King David Massacre The Massacre at Baldat al-Shaikh YEHIDA MASSACRE KHISAS MASSACRE QAZAZA MASSACRE The Semiramis Hotel Massacre The Massacre at Dair Yasin NASER AL-DIN MASSACRE THE TANTURA MASSACRE BEIT DARAS MASSACRE THE DAHMASH MOSQUE MASSACRE DAWAYMA MASSACRE HOULA MASSACRE SHARAFAT MASSACRE Salha Massacre The Massacre at Qibya KAFR QASEM MASSACRE Khan Yunis Massacre The Massacre in Gaza City AL-SAMMOU' MASSACRE Aitharoun Massacre Kawnin Massacre Hanin Massacre Bint Jbeil Massacre Abbasieh Massacre Adloun Massacre Saida Massacre Fakhani Massacre Beirut Massacre Sabra And Shatila Massacre Jibsheet Massacre Sohmor Massacre Seer Al Garbiah Maaraka Massacres Zrariah Massacre Homeen Al-Tahta Massacre Jibaa Massacre Yohmor Massacre Tiri massacre Al-Naher Al-Bared Massacre Ain Al-Hillwee Massacre OYON QARA MASSACRE Siddiqine Massacre AL-AQSA MOSQUE MASSACRE THE IBRAHIMI MOSQUE MASSACRE THE JABALIA MASSACRE Aramta Massacre ERETZ CHECKPOINT MASSACRE Deir Al-Zahrani Massacre Nabatiyeh (school bus) Massacre Mnsuriah Massacre The Sohmor Second Massacre Nabatyaih Massacre Qana Massacre Trqumia Massacre Janta Massacre 24 Of June 1999 Massacres Western Bekaa villages Massacre Gaza "Cast lead operation" Massacre EDIT: Funny Bunny!-I am a proud Arab American, by bith of Lebanese ancestry-Israel LITERALLY left 3/4 of Lebanon in ruble, burying many ALIVE-they targeted INNOCENT civilians, used phosporous and cluster bombs on the civilians, and did exactly as they are doing in the West Bank and Gaza stripd-FOR WHAT-500-1,000 Arab freedom fighter Israel calls terrorists for trying to protect their land, lives and even their organs in the largest concentration camps ever-I suggest YOU take another look at your heritage. I LOST enough relatives to know whom the REAL terrorists are- the Irgun(oops, now elected Likud)-incidentally, google IRGUN-they killed more Arabs than all the Arab Freedom Fighters killed Jews combined to date, and, there were many more such terrorist groups-the Stern Gan, Lehi, Levi, Haganah- NOW present ANY proof ANY of what I said is a lie. YOU CAN NOT.Would you still think the same of Hitler whether he killed 10,000 at a time, or, 6,000,000-did you not know, he killed 24,000,000 Russians,and, thousands of others. The Holocaust is NO excuse to slaughter Arabs and steal their land-don't mention suicide bombers- the very FIRST suicide bomber was Sima Fleishhaker-Hoizman, a young Jewish woman: http://just-another-inside-job.blogspot.com/2007/04/female-jewish-suicide-bomber.html http://www.etzel.org.il/english/ac11.htm The Irgun used grenades, car bombs and tank fire to blow up Arabs, EVEN Jews opposing their methods. Now, the Nazi comparison accurately fits Israel-in 2-3 years, the Palestinians will number-YOU GUESSED IT-6,000,000-hmmm an Arab Holocaust in the making. For the record, I have friends, and, have dated women across the spectrum of ALL backgrounds, including Jews/Israelies -what Israel is doing is WRONG, but I have not, do not, and, will not, condone anyone hating or harming them, or, any of my friends of ANY background-yes, I do speak harshly of the atrocities Israel has committed.I would have stood against Hitler's killing of 6,000,000 Jews.If you follow my answers, when the Palestinian axed the 13 year old Jewish boy to death, had I been there, he would be lucky if he escaped alive,wished he were dead, or I would have been another victim. Neither do I condone the Arabs killing the Black Sudanese in Sudan.I am a proud Christain Arab American of Lebanese ancestry.It is time for the two state(already exists-just needs ratification) with Jerusalem shared instead of divided.We are running out of time-if this does not go through, we will have WWIII. PUSH FOR THE TWO STATE WITH JERUSALEM SHARED OR PAY FOR IT WTH WW III. PEACE, SALAM,SHALOM.