"THE NEWS"
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
Washington Post:
Israel's welcome for Ethiopian Jews wears thin, by Aron Heller, Associated Press (16 August 2008) - these Ethiopian Jews are no longer being welcomed because they have a hard time adjusting and because their Judaism is mixed with Christianity, but many protest this because this contradicts with one of the basic tenets of the Jewish State - to welcome all Jews.
Unfortunately, the article fails to describe the racist harassment the Ethiopians also face.
- Washington Post
Jews live longer than Arabs in Israel, says report, Reuters (9 July 2008)
The author attributes inequality in quality of life measures
to inequality in government services provided to Arab communities
in Israel.
- Washington
Post: Two Audiences, Two Speeches, by Michael
Abramowitz (19 May 2008).
The article briefly describes the internal discrimintion
against Arabs found in Israel.
- Boston
Globe: Arabs in Israel still feel adrift: Land, identity
still sore points 60 years later,
New
York Times: After 60 years, Arabs in Israel are outsiders,
both articles by Ethan Bronner (7 May 2008).
While trivializing Palestinian feelings of alienation and
loss (i.e. the Nakba), this article acknowledges the discrimination
Israeli Arabs suffer from, but in the end does not offer
the obvious solution.
- Foreign
Policy Magazine: "Think Again, Israel", by Gershom
Gorenberg (May/June 2008 issue)
This article acknowledges Israel's internal system of discrimination
against Palestinian Arabs as a result of creating a Jewish
State.
- Atlantic
Monthly: "Unforgiven" (May 2008 issue)
The article relunctantly acknowledges both the demographic
problem threatening Israel's future as well the internal
discrimination created by trying to create a Jewish State.
- Washington
Post: "Ombudsman Column: Was 'Excluded' the Wrong
Word?" (20 April 2008)
This article by the Ombudsman describes exactly how discrimination
works in Israel in terms of denial of military service to
Arabs then leading to denial of veteran benefits.
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"ONLINE REPORTS"
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"OFFLINE REFERENCE MATERIALS"
- Davis, Uri. "Israel: An Apartheid State". Published by Zed Books, London (1987).
- "Human Rights and the Rule of Law". "Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jerusalem, Israel (1998).
- Jabareen, Hassan; Dalal, Marwan; Rosenberg, Rina & Bashara, Suhab. "Legal Violations of Arab Minority Rights in Israel". Adalah The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Shfaram, Israel (1998).
- Kretzmer, David. "The Legal Status of the Arabs in
Israel". Series: Westview Special Studies on the Middle
East. Westview Press, Boulder, CO (1990).
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