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| | Notably, the report disregards the reality of Israel being the only democratic state in the Middle East where all citizens – Jews and Arabs alike – have the right to vote, to serve in the judiciary, and hold seats in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament.</blockquote> | | Notably, the report disregards the reality of Israel being the only democratic state in the Middle East where all citizens – Jews and Arabs alike – have the right to vote, to serve in the judiciary, and hold seats in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament.</blockquote> |
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| | + | It basically <i>affirms the PLO’s 60-year ‘apartheid’ strategy.</i> |
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| | It just had to wait a few months with its label/libel also because of the Apr 2021 report that Amnesty International has a culture of white privilege and workers allege systemic bias and racist language by senior staff including N-word and P-word.<ref>Nazia Parveen, "[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/20/amnesty-international-has-culture-of-white-privilege-report-finds Amnesty International has culture of white privilege, report finds]," The Guardian, 20 Apr 2021. | | It just had to wait a few months with its label/libel also because of the Apr 2021 report that Amnesty International has a culture of white privilege and workers allege systemic bias and racist language by senior staff including N-word and P-word.<ref>Nazia Parveen, "[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/20/amnesty-international-has-culture-of-white-privilege-report-finds Amnesty International has culture of white privilege, report finds]," The Guardian, 20 Apr 2021. |
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| | <ref>Daniel Greenfield, "[https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/2022/02/amnesty-international-jews-have-no-right-live-daniel-greenfield/ Amnesty International: Jews Have No Right to Live in the Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem]", FPM, Feb 3, 2022.</ref> Her Amnesty "statement" tries to distort Arab identity inside Israel and basically dismantle Israel.<ref>Joseoh Haddad, | | <ref>Daniel Greenfield, "[https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/2022/02/amnesty-international-jews-have-no-right-live-daniel-greenfield/ Amnesty International: Jews Have No Right to Live in the Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem]", FPM, Feb 3, 2022.</ref> Her Amnesty "statement" tries to distort Arab identity inside Israel and basically dismantle Israel.<ref>Joseoh Haddad, |
| | [https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-695337 Amnesty tries to distort my Arab identity and dismantle Israel], JPost, Feb 2, 2022.</ref> | | [https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-695337 Amnesty tries to distort my Arab identity and dismantle Israel], JPost, Feb 2, 2022.</ref> |
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| | + | Interesting enough, Annesty's label, the "apartheid " term was rejected by the prominent Arab Party's head in Israel, ''United Arab List,''<ref name=ap-10feb2022>Joseph Krauss, "[https://apnews.com/article/amnesty-international-israel-middle-east-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-093b9df838a901bf752f971fb43efc22 Arab party leader in Israel rejects ‘apartheid’ label]", AP, February 10, 2022. |
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| | + | JERUSALEM (AP) — The head of an Arab party in Israel who made history last year by joining the governing coalition said Thursday he would not use the word “apartheid” to describe relations between Jews and Arabs within the country... |
| | + | “I would not call it apartheid,” Mansour Abbas said in response to a question at an online event organized by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a D.C-based think tank. He noted that he was in the coalition and could join the government itself if he wanted to. |
| | + | "I prefer to describe the reality in objective ways,” he added, according to the English translation of his remarks, which he delivered in Hebrew. “If there is discrimination in a certain field, then we will say that there is discrimination in that specific field.”</blockquote></ref> Nansour Abbas, eventhough, he is no moderate but has been a pro [[Hamas]].<ref>[https://www.inn.co.il/news/540327 A new study claims: Mansour Abbas advises Hamas to continue the struggle], Channel 7, Feb 7, 2022.<blockquote> |
| | + | A new study claims that Mansour Abbas advised the Hamas leadership to adhere to the plan of action against Israel and the struggle by all means as a national asset.</blockquote></ref> |
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| | ==Selective use of term: not in often preferential treatment to Arabs over Jews== | | ==Selective use of term: not in often preferential treatment to Arabs over Jews== |