You said: " I imagine what would have been the reaction to say 68% of people do not want a jew to live in their building!!!!!!!!!! " My reaction would have been, wow, 32% of arabs are actually normal. I'd be amazed if the percentage is really that high. Last Arab poll I saw with such a high percentage was how many arabs approve of suicide bombs on buses and restaurants.

trying to blow you into a million pieces, what do you peace loving muslims expect? Then the Muslim hoards run out and celebrate in the streets about innocent civilians deaths. Palestinians promote suicide bombings on Television, in their mosques, at elementary, middle, and highschools. What's not to like about Israel's friendly Palestinian neighbors? By the way, I liked how you handed out the candy after the Twin Towers got blown all to hell. The pictures of innocent people jumping to their deaths from eighty floors, gave me a loving feeling towards muslim causes. My memory isn't that short. Neither is the Israeli's memories. Lie to some other goon about your peaceful, friendly intentions towards humanity.

No one is denying there is anti-arab sentiment. You have to ask yourself why and not preach that there should be equality, given their collective actions against Jews. That argument would apply if their attitude was facific and not anti-Israel. Being an apologist for the arabs will not endear you to your fellow Jews if indeed you are a Jew

get out from your chat room your paradise ,, and be one day in nablus the real place the hell that israil soldiers do it

Shai, why are you so concerned about the Jews? Why don't you put your focus on the Arabs? When will they let us infidel tourists visit Mecca or let us build a shul there? Let's worry about Jewish tolerance as soon as the Arabs show they are capable of returning it. By the way, in case you've forgotten, the Arabs want Israel wiped out. Instead of focusing your disdain on that, you're dissing your fellow Jews. Bravo. Give the man a kafiyah.

# 23 VERY WELL PUT. The muslims could all be dead wrong and terrorists but didn't all your mothers teach you 2 wrongs don't make a right. Do you think for a second arabs are all to blame for our racism. Maybe let's blame tibi for the secular that hate the religious or ashkenazim to the sefardim. My friends racism from us was going on in Europe where there were no arabs. We then must come to the conclusion that for the past 3000 yrs that Jews were persecuted nonstop like no other nation brought these enemies upon ourselves. Forget the fact that we have no respect for other nations we have no respect for one another. We are all victims of racism. Therefore my advice to all is to think for ten seconds a day how much you love every Jew. You know we all are related so its not to hard to contemplate. I guarantee you you will be a much happier person and you won't nitpick on every silly word people say and even more so our enemies (those that hate us excluding Ahmed and guys like him) won't have the strength to overpower us because of our unity. A wise man once said a great nation starts its destruction from internal. We must love one another and unite because we are all one. PS even your mothers in law

Please do not insult the idiots. They are not idiots but the murderers. The Palestinian Arabs breed the serial killers and than complain that nobody wants to live next to them.

You are right Nablus is a hell hole. Unfortunately you have been taught to point the finger at the wrong party since your childhood. Ask yourself, where have the tens of billions of dollars the PA has received? Ask yourself why there is no proper education in your schools. Why are children taught to hate and kill? All these are ploys to divert your attention from the corruption of your leaders. Arafat had billions in his PRIVATE account which Suha is even today splashing around while you live in those conditions. When will you young Palestinians shake off your naivety and see the situation for what it is. Forget whether Israel is your friend or enemy. Concentrate on education and the future of your young. Make sure your leaders do not use the money poured at them for their own personal benefit but for the good of your people. Stop being pawns in their orchestrated games and then you can deal with Israel.

Tibi just takes a look at himself in the mirror and that's how he knows others.

this issue in Opinion section,but I would like to repeat it here: Israel was created as a place to shelter all Jews,and ,I think that this fact must be always kept in mind. However,it is not possible to avoid the already existent reality of israeli-arabs.But ,I think ,that as a Jewish state,the arabs living there should accept this fact,and should not be involved in any kind of strive other than in favor of the strenght of the land they live in. What I mean is that they must keep fighting for their cityzens rights,but never politicaly,because politicaly they are presumebly against Jewish interests,so it doesn't make sense in a peculiar country as Israel. I think this must be very clear,and not falsily fogged with democracy and so on. About the system of representation,I agree with Abir;it is not fair at all and don't represent all the majority ,what would be really fair and right and the key factor for happiness and development social,material,spiritual for the countryas a whole. The way it is now,seems like a crush in people's minds. And: Israel can not be a democratic country in the same format it is meant for other countries. Israel must be fair to all its citizens,this is sure,but politics rights must be only in the hands of Jewish people,because that's the meaning of Israel,and this fact doesn't mean racism at all,just a point of view on which the country is meant. Those who don't agree with this system ,shouldn't live in Israel. I am saying what seems logic,and again,it is not racism,it is just the right for jewish people drive their lives the way we chose,and no other,otherwise Israel would not be Israel ,but something else

From the web: "The Swiss governement considers the terror gang Hamas to be a "partner". While the U.S. and the European Union have put Hamas on their respective terror lists, the Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey tries - once more - to aggrandize herself through questionable means. She was the one who laid down flowers on Arafat's grave, an act which was heavily criticized in Switzerland at the time. Socialist Calmy-Rey is also the one who gave birth to the "Geneva initiative", a project which was supposed to promote peace in that region but which none of the relvant actors in the Middle East ever took seriously. The latest announcement of the Swiss Foreign Ministry relies on "Oslo" and wants to be "pragmatic". Switzerland however seems to be unable to recognize reality: "Oslo" is dead since summer 2000 at the latest. And now one of the worst islamist terrorist groups in the world with a genocidal charta and responsible for hundreds of civilian deads over the last years is being treated as a partner by Switzerland..."

The Israeli Arabs have shown time & again that they are anti Israel and many have helped Pali terrorists kill Israelis. They are a 5th. column and present a grave danger to Israel. They spy for Iran, Syria & Hezballa. Their living conditions in Israel are far better than in any Arab countries. If Israel was smart, it would require the Arabs to sign a pledge of loyalty to Israel or else lose their citizenship. Of course Israel is too PC to do this.

Dear Ali.The Jews are well educated. It is the Arabs who need the education and move into the 21st century.

Dear Ahmed. Itis Islam that preaches hatred and intolarence. Jews are tolerent and forgiving and always have been. Islam is violent and cruel. It has no respect for life and sends it's children to blow themselves up, hoping that some Jews will die as well. You are a very sick society.

Dear Lamya. It is not the IDF that Nablus to hell. It is the people who live there. What do you ecpect the IDF to do when your fellow Nablus residents sneak into Israel to blow up innocent people? When your fellow Palis start acting like human beings (rather than animals) they will be treated as such

Racist? Yes, and we do not like Nazis either.

defend themselves against the Arab murderers.

I am British and I still happily sing God save the Queen. This is even though my Jewish God clearly has nothing to do with the Queen who is head of the Church of England. Howver, Tibi et al refuse to sing Hatikva. That is the difference. That is why there is antipathy towards them.

Ahmed, Go to any of 21 Arab countries that have zero Jews and you will not experience Jewish racism there. They are all sunni muslim, arabs like youreslf so you will be at home there.

Except for cities like Ramla, Jerusalem, Jaffa and Haifa, Arab and Jewish cities are not integrated. You'll find the same figures, if not figures that seem more racist, in any poll of Israeli Arabs. The proof is that most Arab cities are in highly desirable locations, yet they have not a single Jew living in them. What's that all about, those of you who cast aspersions on Jews? The bottom line is that most of us don't feel comfortable around each other, and that's not because of a sense of racism or superiority. For Jews, it's because guys like Tibi and Berakeh are our image of Arabs. They are the Arabs public persona for us. Who'd want to have this anti-Israel persona in our face all the time? I think if Arabs of Israel were as loyal to Israel as non-Israeli Jews are to their countries, you'd see the preference to avoid Arabs evaporate. But this is not and likely will not ever be the case. Arabs should be ruled by Arabs, Jews by Jews, whenever possible, and Barakeh and Tibi are proof of why this is necessary.

Go join your brothers in Ramallah already

child hood of me is in balata part from nablus ithese days from 1950 i saw the refugees on our land on balata also they were women mothers sisters came to get som water from the only tap in our village they told about their villiges in palastine about their houses and wells about their feilds i saw them crying their boys and husbounds were kill by the jews the women and the children ran away to safe their bodies ,,and i saw the un after that help them gave them flour soape oil ,,,rami it is enough to remember yes iam crying ...and i will tell you what they learned us after that it was bilfor promise and his mercy to the jews rami our children now learen from what happen in our houses and streets ..rami keep your childhood to your selfe and learne yourchildren what you want and let us to be learned from our situation ..we believe in god and ask the help of it salam to all in london and america

Rami's point is not about the war you experienced in 1950. You know perfectly well we had our own war dead at the hands of the Arab Legion, so don't expect our pity for what you went through. The point Rami made was that you had a chance for peace over the last decade, to avoid repetition of your experience in 1950, and you and your leaders blew it. And you blame it on us. He's saying look in the mirror and understand that you have no small part in the situation you find yourself in. ANd he's right.

Most of the posts on this board miss the point. Israel is a democracy that promises equality and fair treatment for all its citizens. A recent report showed that in Israel, there is a growing problem of prejudice that must be dealt with, for the sake of all Israelis and the values that we hold dear. I am ashamed when I see fellow posters state that arabs, "should leave if they don't like it," or "go back to where they came from." What kind of democracy would we have if our arab israeli citizens had to move because life in Israel was so horrible for them that they couldn't cope with the discrimination? Moreover, how can we ever have true peace in the Middle-East if we can't even live harmoniously with our fellow citizens? Do we really want to turn into Egypt during the 50's? What a failure it would be if the zionism of Hertzl and Ben-Gurion will result in a country that forces others into their own diasporas. Islam is not inherently evil. Arabs aren't all rabid jew-hating anti-Semites. More importantly, until we see our Arab-Israeli citizens as Israelis first, and Arabs second, we are guilty of the same discrimination and anti-semetism we accuse the French, British, Russians, Poles, Ukrainians (the list goes on) of. As a Jew, who believes and cherishes the moral teachings of his religion, and who knows what it is to be persecuted, I am better than that. As an Israeli-American, who appreciates the importance of democracy and civil rights, I am better than that. As a human being, I am better than that.

There is no "Palestine" or "Palestinians." Israel was renamed Palestine by the Romans and Jews were the first to be called Palestinians. Jews are the native people of Israel! It is their land so the Arabs should leave and go back to their homelands. There is no "Palestinian" country, people or language. Enough of your psychotic fantasies!

Well..you can fool many Jews but not all Jews. Do you think you can fool everybody with your preaching designed to advance your ugly objectives? Your people have 99.9% of the Middle Eastern landmass which is floating on oil. Jews have 0.1% of the oil-free land, a narrow strip, which only 9 miles wide in the center of the country. The Arab regimes chased out most Jews. At the same time the Jews provide the educational, welfare and first rate medical benefits to all citizens of Israel including the Arabs. Moreover, the Jews supply water, electricity and in many cases medical care to the Hamastani Arabs living in Gaza even though they strike the israeli towns on a daily basis. So, keep your delirious Arafat-like sickening preaching for those who don't know the facts and truth. We know better.

every possible type of warfare against the Jews day in and day out. How do you deal with the likes of Tibi who want the Jews melt and Israel destroyed? How do you deal with those who hate the facts and reality and use the peace agreement to advance their anti-Israel goals? There is only one way: SEPARATION!

Take a look at Sudan how the Arab militia was slaughtering the Black Africans. That is racism!