I recently posed a question to the Israeli Left dealing, in part, with why they are okay with "asking" Jews who live over the Green Line to "relocate" to within the pre-1967 ("Auschwitz") borders, but not with "asking" Israeli Arabs to "relocate" outside of Israel (with compensation) in order to deal with the serious demographic dilemma facing the Jewish State.
While I still am awaiting an answer to my original question, I will pose another question to my friends on the Israeli Left and their supporters.
Courtesy of Arutz Sheva:
Is the Israeli Left, in the name of democracy, willing to allow Israeli Arabs to work towards limiting the development and expansion of Jewish communities within Israel?
Is the Israeli Left, in the name of democracy, willing to allow the Israeli Arabs, should they unite into a single electoral bloc, to win 24 seats in the upcoming elections (or in the future), and make up the second largest party to sit in the Knesset of the Jewish State?
Is the Israeli Left, in the name of democracy, prepared to sit quietly and watch the Jewish State destroyed through peaceful, democratic means at the hands of our fellow Israeli citizens, who just happen to be of the Arab persuasion?
If the answers of the Israeli Left are in the affirmative - that they are willing to place Israel existing as a democratic state, a state of all its citizens, over Israel existing as a Jewish State - then they will make very good democrats, but very poor Jews.
If, however, the answer of the Israeli Left is that they are not willing to allow the Israeli Arabs to destroy Israel as a Jewish State through babies and ballots, then what is the solution of the Israeli Left?
While I still am awaiting an answer to my original question, I will pose another question to my friends on the Israeli Left and their supporters.
Courtesy of Arutz Sheva:
MK Talab El-Sana (whose party is called the United Arab List) is calling upon Israel's Arab parties to unite under one electoral list. El-Sana says that by unifying into one list, the Arabs could thwart plans to build more Jewish communities in the Galilee and Negev regions.It is clear that not only is there opposition both from within and without regarding the right of Israel to build and develop Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, but now we also have Israeli Arabs (and their elected officials) stating their opposition to the building and expansion of Jewish communities in the Negev and Galilee regions (both within Israel's pre-1967 borders).
El-Sana said that unity was necessary "in light of new political developments and their expected ramifications on Arab citizens." He specifically cited Peres' plan to expand Jewish settlement in the Galilee and the Negev. He said that a unified Arab list could "push that plan and its dangers for Arab citizens" off the public agenda.
El-Sana says that a unified list would raise Arab participation in Israeli elections to 90%.... If Arabs voted according to their percentage of the general population (20%), they could elect up to 24 Knesset representatives.
Is the Israeli Left, in the name of democracy, willing to allow Israeli Arabs to work towards limiting the development and expansion of Jewish communities within Israel?
Is the Israeli Left, in the name of democracy, willing to allow the Israeli Arabs, should they unite into a single electoral bloc, to win 24 seats in the upcoming elections (or in the future), and make up the second largest party to sit in the Knesset of the Jewish State?
Is the Israeli Left, in the name of democracy, prepared to sit quietly and watch the Jewish State destroyed through peaceful, democratic means at the hands of our fellow Israeli citizens, who just happen to be of the Arab persuasion?
If the answers of the Israeli Left are in the affirmative - that they are willing to place Israel existing as a democratic state, a state of all its citizens, over Israel existing as a Jewish State - then they will make very good democrats, but very poor Jews.
If, however, the answer of the Israeli Left is that they are not willing to allow the Israeli Arabs to destroy Israel as a Jewish State through babies and ballots, then what is the solution of the Israeli Left?