June 17, 2007

Israel : popular support for apartheid

Interesting poll from the "Center for the Campaign Against Racism "(who are they ? Anyone ?). Shows quite strong popular support for apartheid policies directed against arabs within Israel proper.
clipped from www.voltairenet.org
Opinion poll: A majority of Israeli Jews are in favour of the Apartheid

According to a survey conducted for the Center for the Campaign Against Racism and published on March 20th, 2007:

- Culture: 37 % of the Israeli Jews polled think that the Arabic culture is inferior to the Jewish one.

- Arabophobia: Each time overhearing someone speaking Arabic, 50 % of Israeli Jews feel fear and 31 % feel hatred.

- Security: 56 % of the Israeli Jews think that Israeli Arabs pose a security problem to the State of Israel.

- Segregation: 55 % of the Israeli Jews wish that the Jews and Arabs are kept apart in the places of leisure.

- Citizenship: 40 % of the Israeli Jews think that Israeli Arabs should be deprived of their right to vote.


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