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Originally Posted by Bill Bumface
Why will it never happen? You already state that Arabs live in Israel with "rights".
What would be so bad if those rights were equal rights, and not "fine, I guess you can hang out here, but remember this is a Jewish state, check out the flag if you forget" rights?
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As far as the law goes the jews and arabs in Israel have equal rights and obligations. The holidays, days off, and some of the culinary decisions the government observes follow Jewdaism. There are 2.1M Arab citizens in Israel. They have political parties, which were in the Lapid-Bennett government recently. They serve in the army, and get all the civil rights a Jew gets. They are free to follow Islam.
Many of the Jews that identify as Hiloni(least religious/non believers) in Israel, complain about some of the same problems as not having public transportation on Saturdays, not being able to eat pork/seafood, having no bread on Passover etc. Those issues are magnified now.
Both groups have complaints towards Sephardic Jews, because they get paid by the government to study the Torah, and are exempt from the army. The reason this group gets all the benefits is because their political parties usually decide if the left or the right can assemble a government.
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Originally Posted by Bagor
You mentioned that the audio of two people speaking was very plausible.
Based on nothing whatsoever.
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No, it's not based on nothing. It's based on a pattern that has been happening in the region for years. I've seen videos of how Hamas terrorists grab onto children in Gaza while being chased by the Israelis. Those videos were taken when it was much more difficult to fake them.
Even if you discount all the videos. My dad, and numerous friends served in the IDF. I know exactly what are the procedures, and what do they have to deal with on daily basis. That's what I'm basing my opinion that it is plausible, not certain.
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Originally Posted by activeStick
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There were reports in the Israeli news that they turned the water back on today.