Herzliya Conference sees verbal attacks on Israeli Arabs

[Scurrilous]

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/373577.html

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"Speakers at the Herzliya Conference on security issues returned Thursday to controversial comments made by Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the day before, in which he said that the Israeli Arab population posed a demographic threat to the country.


Dr. Yitzhak Ravid, a senior researcher at Rafael, Israel's Armament Development Authority, proposed during a short speech under the heading "Learning from Iran and Egypt," that the state implement a stringent policy of family planning in relation to its Muslim population, claiming that "the delivery rooms in Soroka Hospital in Be'er Sheva have turned into a factory for the production of a backward population."

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"The Association for Civil Rights in Israel said it sent a letter of complaint to Netanyahu about the remarks.

"Comments like these fan the flames of hatred, racism and discrimination that are the daily reality of Israeli Arab citizens and undermine the basic trust that underpins a democratic society," the organization said in a statement."

[bluesoul]

1. Oh

my...

[Aidoneus]

2. the Association for Civil Rights in Israel should thank that fascist creep

for at least being honest about these things--such frankness is a pleasant surprise and hard to come by, discomforting as it is.

[bemildred]

3. "xenophobic demagoguery:"

"teaching people that everything is the foreigners' fault."
Tsk. Who knew?

[bluesoul]

4. Oh yes

I wonder what Gimel would have to say about it...

[newyorican]

5. Nothing...

obviously. Who was the one that claims silence to be assent?