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Israel bans Arab parties from coming election
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by kate | January 12, 2009 at 07:01 pm
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I am very worried about the state of things in the Middle East. Please, stop firing and start talking and treat everyone equally.
Israel on Monday banned Arab political parties from running in next month's parliamentary elections, drawing accusations of racism by an Arab lawmaker who said he would challenge the decision in the country's Supreme Court.
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at 19:55 on January 12th, 2009
This is very worrying indeed. One of the main arguments supporters of Israel use to defend it is to say it is a democracy. This action shows that that is clearly under threat.
Apparently, they have tried to ban these parties before. The high court overturned the decision. The problem now is that the election is only a few weeks away so they may miss out on the upcoming election.
Source: english.aljazeera.net
Given the stats above, it is fair to say that a very large proportion of Israelis, 5-15% will have no representation, no voice, in the upcoming election.
Source: english.aljazeera.net
Source: english.aljazeera.net
at 02:12 on January 13th, 2009
So much for not being Apartheid.
Then again failing to have a constitution, Israel can do pretty much as it pleases. However I would not favour Political parties based on Race, Religion or Ethnicity either.
Politics has to remain laic.