To the editor: The authors of the enlightening article, “Does Israel’s Remedy of Palestinians Rise to the Stage of Apartheid?” fails to say that greater than 20% of Israel’s residents are Arabs, together with Muslims, Druze and Christians. These Israelis have the best to vote and are represented in all branches of presidency, together with the Knesset and the Supreme Court docket of Israel.
In distinction, neighboring international locations have expelled or in any other case pressured out their Jewish populations. The authors don’t accuse these international locations of apartheid or ethnic cleaning.
Mansour Abbas, a Muslim member of the Israeli Knesset and head of the United Arab Record, has rejected the time period:
“I want to explain actuality in goal methods. If there may be discrimination in a sure space, then we’ll say that there’s discrimination in that particular space.”
Dan Stone, Los Angeles
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To the editor: Due to The Occasions for having the braveness to publish an article about Israel’s apartheid coverage.
For many years, Israel has oppressed the Palestinians, however the information media has not paid sufficient consideration to the brutal therapy of Palestinians beneath occupation. Sadly, it took Hamas slaughtering harmless Israeli civilians to make the world conscious of the circumstances and insurance policies within the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Hopefully the hundreds useless on each side and the devastation in Gaza will end in freedom for the Palestinians with a state of their very own. It will require modifications within the governments of the Palestinian Authority and Israel and the elimination of Hamas.
George J. Mouro, Rancho Mirage
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To the editor: Israel’s Arab minority is properly represented in drugs. Israeli Arabs have served in authorities and as Supreme Court docket justices.
In distinction, Hamas’ constitution requires the destruction of Israel and the killing of Jews. Unusual, then, that Israel is accused of apartheid when its enemies have advocated genocide and ethnic cleaning.
Sure, there are issues within the West Financial institution, however that is primarily the results of the Palestinians’ rejection of any peace course of.
It was Jews who suffered actual apartheid beneath Arab and Ottoman rule for hundreds of years. Having been displaced or fled from Arab international locations, their descendants now make up the vast majority of Israel’s inhabitants. They rebuilt their lives in Israel.
Think about what might need been if Palestinian leaders had equally appeared forward.
Doron Lubinsky, Atlanta
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To the editor: What number of anti-Israel op-ed articles will you publish? At some point the paper has an article concerning the alleged colonialism of Jews (how can a folks colonize their very own homeland?), and one other day there’s something about Israel’s alleged apartheid coverage.
What can we anticipate subsequent from The Occasions?
Israel is in a struggle for its existence. Hamas has succeeded in making your entire nation a goal for its assaults. No different nation would tolerate such a risk, and neither ought to Israel.
Ralph Cohen, Irvine