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Meir Stone
Israel is far from perfect yet they do seem to try and be Just for example 14 of the 120 members of the Israeli Parliament are Arab citizens.
One Israel's Supreme Court judges is an Arab.
Arabic and Hebrew are the official Languages of Israel
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs states that "Arab Israelis are citizens of Israel with equal rights" and states that "The only legal distinction between Arab and Jewish citizens is not one of rights, but rather of civic duty( They are not drafted into the IDF )
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ( and I hated him ) declared that every state-run company must have at least one Arab citizen of Israel on its board of directors.
Ali Yahya, an Arab Muslim, became the first Arab ambassador for Israel in 1995 when he was appointed ambassador to Finland. He served until 1999, and in 2006 was appointed ambassador to Greece.
Arab Generals in the IDF include Major General Hussain Fares, commander of Israel's border police, and Major General Yosef Mishlav, head of the Home Front Command
There is Ta'ayush which a grassroots movement of Arabs and Jews working to break down the walls by constructing a true Arab-Jewish partnership.
In April 1948 79 Jewish Doctors and Nurses headed to Hadassah Hospital on Mount Scopus were killed in an ambush . The Hospital was closed till 1967 when it was reopened to care for the Arabs of East Jerusalem and the west Bank.
Meir Stone
Israel is far from perfect yet they do seem to try and be Just for example 14 of the 120 members of the Israeli Parliament are Arab citizens.
One Israel's Supreme Court judges is an Arab.
Arabic and Hebrew are the official Languages of Israel
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs states that "Arab Israelis are citizens of Israel with equal rights" and states that "The only legal distinction between Arab and Jewish citizens is not one of rights, but rather of civic duty( They are not drafted into the IDF )
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ( and I hated him ) declared that every state-run company must have at least one Arab citizen of Israel on its board of directors.
Ali Yahya, an Arab Muslim, became the first Arab ambassador for Israel in 1995 when he was appointed ambassador to Finland. He served until 1999, and in 2006 was appointed ambassador to Greece.
Arab Generals in the IDF include Major General Hussain Fares, commander of Israel's border police, and Major General Yosef Mishlav, head of the Home Front Command
There is Ta'ayush which a grassroots movement of Arabs and Jews working to break down the walls by constructing a true Arab-Jewish partnership.
In April 1948 79 Jewish Doctors and Nurses headed to Hadassah Hospital on Mount Scopus were killed in an ambush . The Hospital was closed till 1967 when it was reopened to care for the Arabs of East Jerusalem and the west Bank.
