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| | With the subsequent growth of their numbers, owing to a higher natural increase and migration from rural and peripheral areas, the Haifa Arabs have regained their focal role, and the pre-1948 coexistence has been restored. Jews and Arabs live together, study together, belong to the same clubs, ride the same buses, shop in the same malls, and eat in the same restaurants. It is hardly surprising, therefore, that when on October 4, 2003, Hanadi Jaradat, a 29-year-old lawyer from Jenin, blew herself up in a bustling Haifa restaurant on a peaceful Saturday afternoon, murdering twenty-one people and wounding another sixty, the establishment chosen for the heinous crime was of joint Arab-Jewish ownership, and the victims—both Jews and Arabs. | | With the subsequent growth of their numbers, owing to a higher natural increase and migration from rural and peripheral areas, the Haifa Arabs have regained their focal role, and the pre-1948 coexistence has been restored. Jews and Arabs live together, study together, belong to the same clubs, ride the same buses, shop in the same malls, and eat in the same restaurants. It is hardly surprising, therefore, that when on October 4, 2003, Hanadi Jaradat, a 29-year-old lawyer from Jenin, blew herself up in a bustling Haifa restaurant on a peaceful Saturday afternoon, murdering twenty-one people and wounding another sixty, the establishment chosen for the heinous crime was of joint Arab-Jewish ownership, and the victims—both Jews and Arabs. |
| | Indeed, the occasional suggestions to redraw Israel's borders, in the framework of a comprehensive peace settlement, so as to allow predominantly Arab frontier areas to be included in the prospective Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza, have invariably been rejected by the Israeli Arabs, who would rather remain citizens of the Jewish state than join their bothers in a newly created state. Even the residents of the territories, for all their criticism and grievances, have consistently ranked Israel among the most admired democracies in the world, in stark contrast to their scathing opinion of Arab regimes, including their own Palestinian Authority. As late as 2011, most of surveyed Palestinians in east Jerusalem, who are entitled to Israeli social benefits and are free to travel across Israel's pre-1967 borders, said that they would rather become citizens of the Jewish state than citizens of a new Palestinian one. | | Indeed, the occasional suggestions to redraw Israel's borders, in the framework of a comprehensive peace settlement, so as to allow predominantly Arab frontier areas to be included in the prospective Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza, have invariably been rejected by the Israeli Arabs, who would rather remain citizens of the Jewish state than join their bothers in a newly created state. Even the residents of the territories, for all their criticism and grievances, have consistently ranked Israel among the most admired democracies in the world, in stark contrast to their scathing opinion of Arab regimes, including their own Palestinian Authority. As late as 2011, most of surveyed Palestinians in east Jerusalem, who are entitled to Israeli social benefits and are free to travel across Israel's pre-1967 borders, said that they would rather become citizens of the Jewish state than citizens of a new Palestinian one. |
| − | So much for Israel's supposed apartheid.</font></blockquote></ref>lie,<ref>[http://www.wildolive.co.uk/apartheid.htm Apartheid, Wildolive, Updated 27/02/18].<blockquote>The apartheid lie attached to Israel is one of several concocted by Palestinians to publicize their cause. A Google search credits Mahmoud Abbas with approximately 19,000 apartheid references | + | So much for Israel's supposed apartheid.</font></blockquote></ref> lie,<ref>[http://www.wildolive.co.uk/apartheid.htm Apartheid, Wildolive, Updated 27/02/18].<blockquote>The apartheid lie attached to Israel is one of several concocted by Palestinians to publicize their cause. A Google search credits Mahmoud Abbas with approximately 19,000 apartheid references |
| | This is a preposterous accusation for the reasons we will demonstrate. It a wicked lie that seeks to enlist world hostility and sanctions against Israel on the grounds of baseless comparisons with the Apartheid regime that once existed in South Africa, and which the world agreed was evil and unjustifiable.</blockquote></ref> poisonous myth,<ref>[https://www.ngo-monitor.org/the_poisonous_myth_of_israeli_apartheid/ The poisonous myth of 'Israeli apartheid'] NGO Monitor. February 17, 2008 | | This is a preposterous accusation for the reasons we will demonstrate. It a wicked lie that seeks to enlist world hostility and sanctions against Israel on the grounds of baseless comparisons with the Apartheid regime that once existed in South Africa, and which the world agreed was evil and unjustifiable.</blockquote></ref> poisonous myth,<ref>[https://www.ngo-monitor.org/the_poisonous_myth_of_israeli_apartheid/ The poisonous myth of 'Israeli apartheid'] NGO Monitor. February 17, 2008 |
| | [This article was posted in the National Post, February 14, 2008. | | [This article was posted in the National Post, February 14, 2008. |
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| | <blockquote>I do not understand the joy of my fellow members now that thousands of Palestinians can become Israelis and [supposedly] suffer severely from the [supposed] repression of discrimination in second-class citizenship and inequality...</blockquote> | | <blockquote>I do not understand the joy of my fellow members now that thousands of Palestinians can become Israelis and [supposedly] suffer severely from the [supposed] repression of discrimination in second-class citizenship and inequality...</blockquote> |
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| − | As 100,000 Muslims have (in 2021) filled,<ref>Emanuel Fabian, [https://www.timesofisrael.com/100000-muslims-pray-at-al-aqsa-mosque-on-eid-al-adha/ 100,000 Muslims pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque on Eid al-Adha], TOI, | + | As 100,000 Muslims have (in 2021) filled,<ref>Emanuel Fabian, [https://www.timesofisrael.com/100000-muslims-pray-at-al-aqsa-mosque-on-eid-al-adha/ 100,000 Muslims pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque on Eid al-Adha], ''TOI'', |
| − | July 20, 2021.</ref><ref>Today more than 100,000 worshippers gathered on the Temple Mount to celebrate Eid Al-Adha. Israel guarantees Freedom of Religion & will continue to safeguard the right to worship freely. [https://mobile.twitter.com/Israel/status/1417401554206875671 Jul 20, 2021]</ref> Jews' holy areas, (after [[Rashida Tlaib]] outright lies<ref>Jordyn @JordynTilchen: Eid Al Adha is tomorrow. Today is Tisha B’Av. And police responded when rocks were thrown at Jews who went up to the Temple Mount, our holiest site, at their designated times to pray. Why are you lying, Rashida? Surely you cannot have some ulterior motive. | + | July 20, 2021.</ref><ref>Today more than 100,000 worshippers gathered on the Temple Mount to celebrate Eid Al-Adha. Israel guarantees Freedom of Religion & will continue to safeguard the right to worship freely. [https://twitter.com/Israel/status/1417401554206875671 Jul 20, 2021]</ref> Jews' holy areas, (after [[Rashida Tlaib]] outright lies<ref>Jordyn @JordynTilchen: Eid Al Adha is tomorrow. Today is Tisha B’Av. And police responded when rocks were thrown at Jews who went up to the Temple Mount, our holiest site, at their designated times to pray. Why are you lying, Rashida? Surely you cannot have some ulterior motive. |
| | Quote Tweet: Rashida Tlaib @RashidaTlaib - Jul 18. Why is Israel attacking Al Aqsa on Eid Al Adha... | | Quote Tweet: Rashida Tlaib @RashidaTlaib - Jul 18. Why is Israel attacking Al Aqsa on Eid Al Adha... |
| | [https://mobile.twitter.com/JordynTilchen/status/1416888422359240705 Jul 18, 2021]</ref>), activist noted:<ref>[https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2021/07/judaisms-two-holiest-places-are-filled.html Judaism's two holiest places are filled with Muslims today], EoZ, July 20, 2021.</ref> | | [https://mobile.twitter.com/JordynTilchen/status/1416888422359240705 Jul 18, 2021]</ref>), activist noted:<ref>[https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2021/07/judaisms-two-holiest-places-are-filled.html Judaism's two holiest places are filled with Muslims today], EoZ, July 20, 2021.</ref> |
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| | Just to be clear, the apartheid is against the Jews. Yes....)</font></ref> | | Just to be clear, the apartheid is against the Jews. Yes....)</font></ref> |
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| | + | Pakistan born, former terrorist, turned moderate,<ref>Noor Dahri [https://www.facebook.com/dahrinoor2/posts/504989489864614/ Oct 23, 2017]:<blockquote> |
| | + | Noor Dahri in the dark. Noor Dahri grew up in Pakistan, was brought up to think that "Jews are (he was thought are) worse than animals" and joined a terrorist organization - Today he is a Muslim-Zionist, who attacks the extremists and explains that the Koran gave the Land of Israel to the Jews ¬ He also has only good words about the strict inspection in Israel ("I hugged the researcher").</blockquote></ref> visited Jerusalem in 2022<ref>[https://rotter.net/forum/politics/30460.shtml Noor Dahri has finally arrived in the Holy Land: as a Muslim, he is shocked by the freedom of religion for Muslims on Jewish sites and is revolted by the opposite], ''Rotter News''. 20.08.22. |
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| | + | Which he calls "Muslim apartheid in Jerusalem". |
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| | + | I visited the Aksa Mosque and the Western Wall and prayed in both places. |
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| | + | I was so ashamed to see that I had free access to every Jewish religious area of the Western Wall to pray and not a single religious Jew bothered to stop me but a Jew was not even allowed to approach the Nablus gate! (One Jew approached and said "God bless you" when I was taking a video). |
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| | + | Where is freedom of religion and expression? We Muslims have the right to go anywhere in the country, but the Jews do not even have the right to go to certain areas in Jerusalem. This is the great example of Muslim apartheid in Jerusalem. [https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=625101495652183&set=a.273301667498836&type=3].</blockquote> |
| | + | Noor Dahri - Visited Aqsa Mosque and Kotal (wailing wall)... | Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/dahri.noor/posts/visited-aqsa-mosque-and-kotal-wailing-wall-and-prayed-in-both-placesi-was-so-ash/5923026841049619/ Aug 20, 2022].<blockquote> Visited Aqsa Mosque and Kotal (wailing wall) and prayed in both places. |
| | + | I was so ashamed of to see that I had free access to any Jewish religious area in Kotal to pray and no any single religious Jewish ever bothered to stop me but Jewish weren’t even allowed to come closer to Damascus Gate! (One Jewish came close and said “God Bless you” when I was filming video). |
| | + | Where is freedom of religion and expression. |
| | + | We (he says) Muslims have right to go anywhere in Israel but Jewish people have no right to even go to certain areas of Jerusalem. This is the great example of Muslims Apartheid in Jerusalem.</blockquote></ref> |
| | + | Tells, he visited Aqsa Mosque and Kotel (wailing wall) and prayed in both places. |
| | + | Stressing: "I was so ashamed of to see that I had free access to any Jewish religious area in Kotal to pray and no any single religious Jewish ever bothered to stop me but Jewish weren’t even allowed to come closer to Damascus Gate! (One Jewish came close and said "God Bless you" when I was filming video)." |
| | + | "Where is freedom of religion and expression." He asked |
| | + | Stating that "Muslims have right to go anywhere in Israel but Jewish people have no right to even go to certain areas of Jerusalem. This is the great example of Muslims Apartheid in Jerusalem." |
| | + | <font size=1>(A situation forced upon Israel by activists, the Jordanian control of Al aqsa, eagerness to appease for peace).</font> |
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| | See more at: [[Criticism of preferenrial treatment for Israeli Arabs over Jews]] on often favoritism to Arabs over Jews, in: | | See more at: [[Criticism of preferenrial treatment for Israeli Arabs over Jews]] on often favoritism to Arabs over Jews, in: |