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Maybe because Arab Israelis have this wonderful thing called Israel citizenship, which allows them to vote.

I must say however that even Arab Israelis are discriminated against :
- They are not allowed to live in the 93% of the state of Israel that is controlled by the Jewish National Fund.
- they are ineligible for a share of any of the funds that flow to Israel through zionist organisations
- 400 of their villages today are not officially recognised as towns by the interior ministry, meaning they don't get electricity. There are bedouin villages in the Negev still using oil lamps.
- they are not allowed to marry anyone from the Arab world, if they want to live together in Israel. Whereas a Jewish Israeli can bring their whole family to Israel as a matter of right
- They are not allowed to build or extend houses on their own land, without a permit (which is practice impossible to obtain). Result is that there is an effective cap on their population growth
- Arabs generate 35% of the Jerusalem tax base yet receive only 8% of the government spending on services
- The party that came third in the recent Israeli elections ran on a platform of expelling arab Israelis from the country

I could go on....

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unfortunately, arabs routinely break the rules, building houses and claiming land whenever they want. also, these placemarks are inaccurate (and many are indeed jewish towns that were kicked out to give their land to the arabs) after the redoing of israel several months ago. This post should be deleted due to its biased and inaccurate nature. and Mods, please get rid of this political discussion.
-epl18

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