the clue that one is dealing with a fool and, possibly, an enemy of the State is his use of the common slander against Israel. and, fanatical vindication of theory over experience, reality, and that is what the article offers, is a fool's vocation. Israel, like the Jewish People, is sui generis; a fool cannot deal with the untidy categories and conditions that have been produced by history.

This column is nothing but rubbish. 1) ". . all citizens must serve with no exception . ." -- I bet Paritzky never heard about Vietnem-era deferments for religious students. Is the USA non-democratic? 2) " . . a couple is allowed to marry however it wishes. . " Tell me, can a brother and sister marry? Can a father marry his daughter? Can a man marry a gerbil? Nobody is talking about prohibiting two men to live together. The question is whether the state has the right to decide which arrangements constitute "marriage", which carries many financial and other implications. Is the US undemocratic? 3) Regarding JNF, others have already pointed out the absurdity that Jewish contributions should go to non-Jewish landowners.

One should remember how dishonest Paritsky is. He is motivated by his revulsion against the religious and his desire to destroy his political rivals. See http://www.jewishmediaresources.com/article/726/

Arabs are allowed to live anywhere in Israel but not Jews. Now let's talk about discrimination.

WE ARE A JEWISH STATE, not the USA. If thats what you want then go...

Why does YNET, a semi-respectable publication, keep giving soap boxes to these morons who write "opinions?"

Of course not. That land is reserved for natives only here in Canada. Should I appeal to the Supreme Court? I wouldn't have a chance in hell!

...to have arab soldiers on the IDF? just think about it for a minute. If as it is there have been cases of soldiers selling guns to the arabs, imagine that 100 times worse.

What a sick joke, that this jerk was an MK.

I am amazed at this idiotic sophomoric article. Democracy comes from the Greek -majority/mob rule. It has nothing to do with taxes, freedoms or self expression. I wonder if the author is aware that the ancient Athenians owned slaves? I would hope next time he advertizes his ignorance he at leasts consults a dictionary. Racism???? Arabs and Jews are of similar genetic stock , so where is the racism? Can he be so ignorant as to not know what the root term race is? Racism is a subset of discrimination not a synonym. Accoeriding to his "logic" tutsis fighting hutus is racism, or catholic against protestant Irish is racism. Or the Franco -Prussian War was racist. Where do you get such morons? Maybe Israel would be better off if he joined those 4000 leaving for Deutschland.

Those who hate Israel and wish it destroyes are clapping their hands in glee when they see articles like this and in Haaretz. They dont even have to write their own material, they can just copy it from here.

If I were a black South African, I would want to haul off at this guy for his use of the term "apartheid" to describe anything he may not like about Israel. It's just as offensive as using the term "Holocaust" indiscriminately. Not only that, but he's playing right into the hands of Israel's most vitriolic detractors by using such an inflammatory term which in no way describes the country's political reality.

Democracy is a system of government and pluralism is a set of values. To clarify: Israel is a Jewish parliamentary democracy whereas the United States is a pluralistic federal democracy. Just try and remember who invented democracy before you go an redefine it.

Most of the Border Police are Druze. One of the highest decorated soldiers was an Arab Lt Colonel.

go live in Saudi Arabia paritzky. see if you as a Jew can purchase any land there or marry a muslim woman.

Why did you brought me then to the Jewish state? I was minding my own business in Morocco. I had two nanies and a house keeper. I had newspaper delivery man to my door step. My dad's car was parked and washed on a daily basis by a valet. The shoe polisher man came to polish shoes on a weekly basis. My shopping were carried by a porteur,. Yes! even a bunch of celery which my mum sent me to buy was carried by a porteur. I left of all that behind me due the brain washing of the zionist movement, to come to Eretz Israel, the land of the Jews for the Jews. I came and I saw the disaster. Search for kosher food and don't even trust the kosher certificate wich is also false. The jewish girl I met might not be a jew after all. Wearing a kipa made me feel like a shmak. So you forced me to leave 7 bedrooms with slaves in Casablanca to make me a second class citizen in a war torn country. Now you even want to take the judaism out of it. Why did you send the zionists to bring us the the false jewish land? I could have stayed there, marry a muslim, have my slaves around me. I don't need this in Israel too with missiles and bombs around me.

He was thrown out of the Knesset after his sticky fingers got caught in the cookie jar. He belongs IN JAIL.

There are writers of biyuv everywhere it seems and they are not limited to Ynet talkbacks, but the odour is endless, coming all the way from New York Los Angeles Toronto London etc etc and then the home grown hysterics who can barely write English. Thankfully there are a few sane and sober Talbackers too who are ready to be honest with themselves and the rest of us, thanks Nos 1 and 11

He clearly defined a Jewish State as his goal, not a multi-national one, and if you read carefully, his subtext was that the Arabs would live in their own state - not in ours. As a result, I submit to the author, that he needs to stop twisting the writings of others to support his own thesis and needs to stand up and make an honest argument on its own merits. Lying - or rather - mis-framing undercuts your credibility.

Why on earth would the Americans want him? And why would we curse them by fobbing him off on them? Better he be forced to stay here as the demographic balances shifts in favor of the religious and traditional Jews and find himself surrounded by bratslavers and lubavs.

...r a bunch of idiots. Read what he says and then jump at him like stray dogs. It is sad but true.

I have one too , a very nice edition .

marry anyone he or she wish - not true.... try marrying a sibling or why not an animal? "because the State has no interest, and must not have one, in an individual's happiness and in the person one chooses to spend their life with" Really??? "work wherever one wants" ?? also not true

Come on. Muslims are racists in every country in which they have control. They follow shariah laws which don't allow for non-muslim ownership of land...any land. The JNF was set up for a specific JEWISH purpose. They buy land for PRIVATE use. and don't have to allow anyone to purchase it. Most Arab-Israelis don't participate in the advancement of the JEWISH state which would be well advised to decide if we are going to continue to be a JEWISH state or a democratic one. The two are completely incompatible and cannot coexist. Time to take a hard look and decide.

Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid

If the author truly believes that the Zionist state is the third temple, then he correct that it is burning. But it's not. We're still in exile. And Israel has a terrible government. But what of it?

Your talback contribution summarizes the plight of Arab Jews, who for centuries used to live a peaceful prosperous life all across the Arab world . All this was brought to an end with the establishment of the zionist state, and many of them are now delegated to second class citizens status in the only democracy in the Middle East. I 've come across many Jews of Arabic origin who can tell a story similar to yours. In fact, the victims of Zionsm has two faces, one is the Palestinians and the other are those Arab Jews, brainwashed , and even forced (by zionist agents attacking their businesses and places of worship, and making it look like the work of local Muslims, ask Mordichai bin Porat about what he did in Iraq)), to leave the good life most of them were enjoying (which you described in your talback) and trade it for a life of pittance and discrimination in the promised land