Yitzhak Melamed (Johns Hopkins) writes:
While the scope of the IDF's atrocities in Gaza in unraveling--including an explicit admission by a top Israeli army officer, Gadi Eisenkott, that "We will wield disproportionate power against every village from which shots are fired on Israel, and cause immense damage and destruction. From our perspective these [the villages] are military bases....This isn't a suggestion. This is a plan that has already been authorized"-- there is a new development that might be a major step in turning Israel into a full-fledged apartheid state.
The Israeli Central Election Board decided yesterday to disqualify the two major Arab parties due to their rejection of Zionism and the status of Israel as a primarily Jewish state. The only non-Zionist/Arab party left - the Communist Party (Hadash) - was left intact by virtue of a 60 year status-quo that allowed this party to run. However, if the Israeli High Court approves the disqualification of the other Arab parties it is likely that the Communist Part/Hadash will boycott the elections, and Israel will become legally Arab-rein, with it's close to 20% Arab citizens excluded from the political process. It is likely that the Israeli high court will turn down this decision (criticizing the Arab parties, but preaching that even non-Zionism should be tolerated). Still the very fact that the decision was supported by the representatives of the Israeli's Labor party (the so called Israeli "left") in the Israeli Central Election Board should be noted. Next time you hear Israeli advocates of National Liberalism, ask them what should be done with those who refuse to go along the nationalist agenda.
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