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S.L.C. ziostan moves to exclude Arab minority from knesset - Some Democracy huh!

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Kadima party decided Sunday to support a proposal to disqualify Israeli-Arab Balad party from the election race on February 10.

"The goals of Hamas and Balad are the same: to destroy Israel," said Yisrael Beiteinu Chairman MK Avigdor Lieberman. "The difference between them is that the Hamas is outside of Israel, in Gaza, whereas Balad is not only within Israel, but sits in its parliament."

This is great timing, right when the ziostan propaganda machine is in full tilt "We're the only Democracy in the middle east " mode.

Any illusion of a multi ethnic state is gone and it's only a matter of time before the native Semitic Arabs in ziostan get marched off to a Bantustan or exterminated Gaza style.

Submitted by Claymoremind on Mon, 2009-01-12 08:59

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Israel bans Arab parties

Israel bans Arab parties from running in upcoming elections

[Labor's Eitan] Cabel tried to explain his support of the ban, despite Labor's decision to vote against it.

"It's true we said we wouldn't ban, but [Balad leader MK Jamal] Zahalka's statement that he was in touch with Bishara led me to think that we must draw the line somewhere," he said. "I'm making no apologies because I fight more than most in the Knesset for equal rights for Arabs. I know it won't stand up in the Supreme Court, and rightly so, because there is no evidentiary basis for the [committee's] decision."

Members of the the new Meretz alignment reacted angrily to the decision.

"Labor and Kadima's position is a declaration of war on Israel's Arab citizens," a party member said. "Do Barak and Livni really prefer blocking Israel's Arabs' right to parliamentary activity and driving them to street demonstrations?"

"Every time a clear statement to ensure basic civil rights of the Arab minority is required, Labor and Kadima choose to side with the radical right wing for populist motives, to deprive the Arabs of their fundamental democratic rights," party chairman Haim Oron said.

Arab lawmakers Ahmed Tibi and Zahalka, political rivals who head the two Arab blocs in the Knesset, joined together in condemning yesterday's decision.

"It was a political trial led by a group of fascists and racists who are willing to see the Knesset without Arabs and want to see the country without Arabs," said Tibi.

Crimes of Zion | Tue, 2009-01-13 06:33