Is Israel really a democracy??

What really is the truth about the rights of Jews and non-Jews in
Israel?
Check out what Israeli journalist Uri Avnery has to say in his article:
Israel the Jewish Demographic
State.http://www.counterpunch.org/avnery1011.html

In reality, this is not a "Jewish democratic state" but a "Jewish
demographic state". Demography overcomes democracy in all fields of
action. An Arab citizen feels at every turn, since childhood, that he
has no part in the state, that he is, at most, a tolerated resident. In
every government office, police station or place of work, even in the
Knesset, he is treated differently from a Jew, even in times of quiet.
True, apart from the Law of Return, which gives a "Jew" and his family
(but not to Arab refugees) the absolute right to come to Israel, no law
discriminates between a "Jew" and a non-Jew. But this is only
make-believe: numerous laws accord special privileges to persons "to
whom the Law of Return applies", without mentioning "Jews"
specifically.

This is so self evident, that all state officials act accordingly
without even being aware of it. The "Israel Land Authority" distributes
land to Jews, not to Arabs. All state development projects include Jews
only. Among the hundreds of new towns and villages set up since the
founding of Israel, not a single one was established for Arabs. There
is no Arab minister in the Government, no Arab judge on the Supreme
Court bench.

Usually, all these omissions are explained away by the ongoing
Israeli-Palestinian conflict. After all, Israel's Arab citizens are
Palestinians, too. But the question is what causes what: does the
conflict create the anti-Arab attitude or does the anti-Arab attitude
prolong the conflict?

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