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Comment by Sabinus

4 days ago

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> Also Israel is not genocidal or apartheid (see: the Arab populations that live in Israel with Israeli citizenship)

Did this argument work for White Rule South Africa? It wasn't an apartheid state as non whites had South African citizenship?

The currrent AI view on your assertion is that:

  Arab citizens of Israel have the same legal rights as other Israeli citizens, but they often face discrimination. They are eligible to vote, hold jobs, and live anywhere in Israel. However, they experience socioeconomic disadvantages and discrimination in social and political life.

That kind of zeitgeist summary is drawn from multiple sources, eg: https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/what-know-about-arab-citize...

  Arab citizens have the same legal rights as Jewish Israelis, but they tend to live in poorer cities, have less formal education, and face other challenges that some experts attribute to structural discrimination.

  Arab political parties have long struggled to gain representation in Israel’s government, and many Arabs have expressed alarm at the leadership of right-wing Jewish politicians, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.