Aljazeera’s journalistic objectivity is debatable, but even a stopped clock is reliable twice a day. As in this piece decrying an alleged Israeli aim to swap Israeli arabs for peace with West Bank Palestinians. Two Israeli arabs are candidly quoted about why they would fight deportation:
“‘[Israel] is a Western country, it’s more developed, there are more options, less corruption,’ said Ismail Athmani, 34. ‘And I was born in Israel. I’m not leaving.’
“But the economy wasn’t the only reason why Baqa al-Gharbiyya residents said they prefer Israel to Palestine. Several described the West Bank as a police state, and said that – despite the discrimination they face – they prefer the level of political freedom in Israel.
“‘It’s bad in the West Bank. We have family there, we hear things. The police in Palestine, you can’t talk about politics unless you’re in the most closed-off place. Otherwise you die,’ Athmani said.
His friend Abu Mokh leaned across the table to interrupt him. ‘Not die,’ he said with a rueful grin. ‘You just disappear.'”
Funny how Obamalot and its “diplomatic” mouthpieces can’t seem to see (and certainly never will say) what Israel’s “peace partner” really is.
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Just a small correction: the word “deportation” and “expelling” used by Al Jazz is intentionally misleading: the idea, which belongs to Lieberaman, was about land swap.
And of course, Tzippi Livni mentioned only the villages that are divided by the border, trying to offer a humanitarian solution to the real problem.
The “deportation” word choice was mine, trying to be ironic, or something. The Al Jizz piece obviously was designed to be inflammatory. See what those awful Jews are trying to do, etc. But the unexpected quotes from the Israeli arabs about the West Bank being a “police state” were just too good to pass up.