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39 percent of Israelis don’t want Arab neighbors
Yifat Glick
Published: 21.03.07, 14:12
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1. The whole 39 % has reason to disagree.
ben   (03.21.07)
Palestinian children are being taught that the conflict with Israel is a religious one and that recognition of the Jewish state is forbidden The rest must have forgot the Pals School Curricullum !
2. Can you blame them ?
marcel ,   florida   (03.21.07)
the cult of death who raise their babies to hate and kill from birth,these pathological liars who are incapable of' speaking the truth who smile as they twist the knife into the Jew and hand out candy to celebrate death .And you wonder why ? http://averyheavystone.blogspot.com/
3. Why don't they conduct a poll with
David ,   Jerusalem   (03.21.07)
different groups of Jews in Israel. After all, Leftists are not the only "Israelis". There's no doubt if they'd include Right-wingers, the results would be quite a bit different and much more accurate.
4. Israeli-Jews and Israeli-Arabs
Rami ,   Nazareth, Israel   (03.21.07)
Most Israeli-Jews are misinformed about Israeli-Arabs. The media portrays israeli-arabs in a negative aspect and only covers the sector within a "security"context. Jews who live in mixed cities know very well that Israeli-Aabs make the best nieghbors. I hope the media coverage would change to include the positive aspects of Israeli-arabs and breaks down the stereotypes that exists.
5. Would you?
Reality Check ,   BaGolan   (03.21.07)
The "Israeli" arab community has steadfastly supported terrorism and hostility - from raping Jewish girls as a "Nationalist" endeavour to willfully driving around murderers! We have sufficient reason to distrust them!
6. Hatred
Sameer S Reehani ,   Houston,Tx USA   (03.21.07)
There should never be a place for hatered and racism.Coexistence is the only road to peace and prosperity.
7. Arab Neightors
leon ,   Grand Rapids USA   (03.21.07)
Recognizing one's enemy is not racism but simply realism. The continuous statements made by Arab MK's, demonstrating hatred of Israel, their tolerance and even approval of murderous terroroism :and the fact that they are elected by those who would be neighbors proves my point.
8. I don't either!
Jellybean ,   Chicago   (03.21.07)
and I live in Chicago! Arabs are not to popular here.
9. It's not racism, it is survival !!!!!
jason asman ,   boston U.S.A.   (03.21.07)
10. Stop using the word Racist!!
Jew ,   Jerusalem   (03.21.07)
Stop being Politically correct! Racism is bad whn two people are basically the same. But every kid in israel knows that Arabs are different from Jews, e.g. education, domestic violence, family and tribal pride, stoning and stealing cars are common. Jews however, although there are also insane individuals, never accepted theses traits as part of the culture. Some people suggested that palestinians are vilonet because of the occupation, so then why jews did not blow up Germans citiyens in Nazi-Germany. So there are differences and anyone with Arab neighbors knows this, leftists or rightist alike. So nothing bad abut being racist, which means separation. You cannot support expulsion of Jews from Gush Katif and from Hevron and then complain that jews in Yaffo, Lod, Akko and French Hill don't like their neighbours.
11. How many percent of Hebron Arabs want Jewish neighbors??
(03.21.07)
You know the answer and you want make an article like this one out of it. You are for peaceful coexistance, but Jews cannot even live s private citizens in Gaza, how hypocrite someone can be. Your dialectic is medieval at the most!!
12. #4 Rami: Arab stereotype will change
David ,   Jerusalem   (03.21.07)
when terrorism worldwide will stop. We all know that not all Arabs are terrorists but all terrorists are Arabs. And this is a fact. When this will stop, the stereotype will stop. In the meantime, every Arab is a suspect and not many of us have the courage to reside near such suspects.
13. Israeli "Racists"
NYC Girl   (03.21.07)
First of all, the term "racist" gets thrown around much too casually these days. To point to the fact that more Israelis may now have negative feelings against Arabs has more to do with years of terror and suicide bombings than it does with anybody's race. I know the media loves to use the term "racist" because it's so emotionally loaded, but real racism is diminished by describing every negative feeling against another ethnic group as racism, particularly when far too many members of that ethnic group have expressed a desire to kill you.
14. Did they conduct a poll in Judenrein Um El Fahm?
Kyle ,   Southpark, CO, USA   (03.21.07)
What % of Arabs say they do not want Jewish neighbors (in the next town over), or on the same continent, or on the same planet.
15. No Arab President
Rod ,   Fargo N.Dakota USA   (03.21.07)
Can you blame them when the Moslem sport and Culture minister will not sing Hatikvah.
16. to # 5
Rami ,   Nazareth, Israel   (03.21.07)
you accusation about rape of jewish girls is completely untrue. Wilfully driving around murderes is an exception that only happened in very few cases that can be counted on one hand it does not represent the whole community. The number of Isreli-Arabs serving in the IDF to protect you and the jewish state is far more larger so why don't you use them as the model. Israeli-Arabs create no danger what so ever to a jewish nieghbor. All statements against that is pure incitement
17. How is it "racism" if Israelis and Pals are same race?
Jenny   (03.21.07)
18. In the US, 99% wouldn't want an Arab neighbor.
Christian Bianrossa ,   USA   (03.21.07)
19. Only 39%??? Something is deeply wrong with Israel.
Rehavam ,   Israel   (03.21.07)
I cannot belive it. 12 years of horrible atrositis of muslim terror and ONLY 39%? What would it take to make it 40%? Another 10 years? How many blown up buses? bermitzvas? How many rockets and kidnappings? How much jewish blood?
20. I've got an idea!
Khalil ,   Palestine   (03.21.07)
If Israelis "can't stand Arabs", why don't Israelis go back to Krakov, Brooklyn, and Bavaria? We would have peace then! I hope someone out there will take me seriously, because Israel is surrounded by Arab nations and it's not the other way round, so why doesnt the black sheep just beat it before getting butchered?
21. BLACK JEWS
jason ,   canada   (03.21.07)
But in all the ethiopian jews whom the country brought to suffer them are the ones wuh really suffer.
22. NEITHER DOES ANYONE ELSE
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23. #12 got you "facts" wrong
Rami ,   Nazareth, Israel   (03.21.07)
the fact is all terrorists are either muslims or jews. Israel itself have jewish terrorists that killed innocent civilians and are labeled as terrorists by the israeli governemnt. The taliban are terrorists but are not arabs the same apply to a pakistani that is member of Al-kaida. Only a very few of Israeli-Arabs were indirectly involved in terror and they do not represent the whole population. More israeli arabs serve in the army than the handful mentioned. How come Israeli arabs are good enough to serve and protect but not good enough to live next to?
24. Israeli-Arabs are good enough to serve but not live next to?
Rami ,   Nazareth, Israel   (03.21.07)
How come Israeli-Arabs are good enough to serve in the IDF, put their lives on the line to defent Israeli-jews and the Jewish state but are not good enough to live next to??
25. #19 Rehavam: Silly, of course it's more than 39% but
David ,   Jerusalem   (03.21.07)
only 39% admit it. The rest would "feel" like a "racist" if they would admit that they wouldn't want an Arab as a neighbor.
26. Re: #20 / Khalil
Moe ,   USA/Israel   (03.21.07)
Don't worry: if any butchering is to happen, it won't be happening to us.
27. #20 I agree
Ryan ,   Calgary, Canada   (03.21.07)
As soon as you take back all of the arabs in North America, I don't see too many arab cowboys here in Calgary, only gangbangers, welfare cases, and drug dealers. Take them all back from Canada and the US, and i'd lobby my government for land here for the Israelis, but not the arab Israelis. We'll foot the bill for bringing the jews here, as soon as you foot the bill to get the arabs out of here. You can also have any converts to Islam.
30. To Rami from ISraeli Nazrat
oritush   (03.21.07)
U r full of shit and u know it-there r less then 300 MUSLIM ARABS(and that includes beduins) in all of ISR. army and about 800 ARABS all together--thats including christian. Druze are not included in this statistic cause they r NOT arab. How do i know--I m in the army and have access to the statitics-facts that u can not argue with. Good for them-they serve to protect NOT jews but to pay their debt to a democratic society that they r part of. And another reason u r full of shit is cause u know very well whats going on in Jaffa and Acco-how arabs r buring,distroying and threatening Jewish property-but u r a hypocrite and dislike(not hate-cause u know u prefer to live under a jew law then to be a sitizen of ANY of yo bretheren country) so u prefer to disregard this info-or not even to acknoledge it. With neighboors like u-i rather have Palis who r an open enemy and dont hide their hate toward me. At least they r honest:)
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