Pet Shop Boys: "Israel is not like apartheid-era South Africa"

[toastman]

Pet Shop Boys: Israel not like apartheid-era South Africa | JPost | Israel News

Very interesting article.

 

[skye]

Great music ... great decision from Pet Shop Boys !!!!



Pet Shop Boys - Did you see me coming? (to Israel? )





[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hy4bT0ESfc"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hy4bT0ESfc[/ame]

 

[MJB12741]

Well, it all depends on how you define "apartheid." I do have to admit that Israel is so apartheid that it is the only country in the entire Middle East to have citizens of virtually all living faiths & all of their houses of worship are protected by the Israeli government.

 

[Connery]

When I read this, "In the midst of a high-profile world tour ahead of the release of their 12th album, Electric, the group behind classic dance hits from the 1980s and ‘90s like “West End Girls,” “It’s A Sin,” and “What Have I Done to Deserve This?” are having to fend off a particularly aggressive campaign by pro-Palestinian groups to shame them into canceling their upcoming Tel Aviv show on Sunday at the Nokia Arena." I ask myself why does a group who feels they are correct in their views have to pressure anyone into doing anything?

There is something inherently wrong with attempting to force people to do what is "right".

 

[Roudy]

Pet Shop Boys: Israel not like apartheid-era South Africa | JPost | Israel News

Very interesting article.

One of my favorite groups, I still listen to their music. "If, when, why, what, how much have you got? Have you got it, do you get it, if so how often, which do you choose, hard or soft option?" Wow, amazing lyrics.

[ame=http://youtube.com/watch?v=J-4gAetwNkw]Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin With Lyrics! HQ! - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Hyrcanus]

Israel confiscates private property for roads and tunnels and walls to care for their citizens, and not the Palestinians.

Israel doesn't allow Israeli citizens to marry Palestinians.

Israel uses Ottoman-era rules to strip Palestinians of their rights so they can take away their homes, while such rules are NEVER applied to Israelis.

Israel has land reclamation rules that favor Jews but hurt Arabs.

Is it Apartheid? Not exactly. Its called "Hafrada".

 

[Hossfly]

Israel confiscates private property for roads and tunnels and walls to care for their citizens, and not the Palestinians.

Israel doesn't allow Israeli citizens to marry Palestinians.

Israel uses Ottoman-era rules to strip Palestinians of their rights so they can take away their homes, while such rules are NEVER applied to Israelis.

Israel has land reclamation rules that favor Jews but hurt Arabs.

Is it Apartheid? Not exactly. Its called "Hafrada".

I'm sure glad it's not Apartheid. That would not be good.

 

[Hyrcanus]

Israel confiscates private property for roads and tunnels and walls to care for their citizens, and not the Palestinians.

Israel doesn't allow Israeli citizens to marry Palestinians.

Israel uses Ottoman-era rules to strip Palestinians of their rights so they can take away their homes, while such rules are NEVER applied to Israelis.

Israel has land reclamation rules that favor Jews but hurt Arabs.

Is it Apartheid? Not exactly. Its called "Hafrada".

I'm sure glad it's not Apartheid. That would not be good.

Its not as bad as Apartheid but its much worse than Jim Crow.

 

[Lipush]

Israel confiscates private property for roads and tunnels and walls to care for their citizens, and not the Palestinians.

Israel doesn't allow Israeli citizens to marry Palestinians.

Israel uses Ottoman-era rules to strip Palestinians of their rights so they can take away their homes, while such rules are NEVER applied to Israelis.

Israel has land reclamation rules that favor Jews but hurt Arabs.

Is it Apartheid? Not exactly. Its called "Hafrada".

Yes, and the fact that Arabs try to kill is is just besides the point and not worth mentioning.

 

[Roudy]

Israel confiscates private property for roads and tunnels and walls to care for their citizens, and not the Palestinians.

Israel doesn't allow Israeli citizens to marry Palestinians.

Israel uses Ottoman-era rules to strip Palestinians of their rights so they can take away their homes, while such rules are NEVER applied to Israelis.

Israel has land reclamation rules that favor Jews but hurt Arabs.

Is it Apartheid? Not exactly. Its called "Hafrada".

I'm sure glad it's not Apartheid. That would not be good.

Its not as bad as Apartheid but its much worse than Jim Crow.

In the midst of all this state sanctioned Muslim intolerance and anti Semetism, it's Israel, the only democracy in the region with 2 million Arab Muslim citizens with the same rights as the Jews, that are the racists!

Liberalism is a mental disorder.

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[Hyrcanus]

Israel needs to pull back to at least the Hafrada wall and evacuate all settlements on the other side of it.

Otherwise Israel will cease being a democracy and will face international sanctions and isolation.

Not even the big bad the USA can stop Israel from facing international sanctions if they choose to abandon democracy and equal rights.

 

[José]

Israel needs to pull back to at least the Hafrada wall and evacuate all settlements on the other side of it.

Otherwise Israel will cease being a democracy and will face international sanctions and isolation.

Not even the big bad the USA can stop Israel from facing international sanctions if they choose to abandon democracy and equal rights.

As if before 67 the jewish racial dictatorship were as democratic as Switzerland.

 

[toastman]

Israel needs to pull back to at least the Hafrada wall and evacuate all settlements on the other side of it.

Otherwise Israel will cease being a democracy and will face international sanctions and isolation.

Not even the big bad the USA can stop Israel from facing international sanctions if they choose to abandon democracy and equal rights.

As if before 67 the jewish racial dictatorship were as democratic as Switzerland.

Which country in the Middle East is the closest to being a democracy ?

 

[toastman]

Israel needs to pull back to at least the Hafrada wall and evacuate all settlements on the other side of it.

Otherwise Israel will cease being a democracy and will face international sanctions and isolation.

Not even the big bad the USA can stop Israel from facing international sanctions if they choose to abandon democracy and equal rights.

As if before 67 the jewish racial dictatorship were as democratic as Switzerland.

Wait, so if Israel is a racial dictatorship, what does that make Hamas and the Palestinians ?

 

[Hyrcanus]

Which country in the Middle East is the closest to being a democracy ?

Israel's democracy is as strong as ours was during Jim Crow.

 

[toastman]

Which country in the Middle East is the closest to being a democracy ?

Israel's democracy is as strong as ours was during Jim Crow.

So you're saying that out of all the Governments in the Middle East, Israel is the closest o being considered a democracy, correct ?

 

[José]

Israel needs to pull back to at least the Hafrada wall and evacuate all settlements on the other side of it.

Otherwise Israel will cease being a democracy and will face international sanctions and isolation.

Not even the big bad the USA can stop Israel from facing international sanctions if they choose to abandon democracy and equal rights.

As if before 67 the jewish racial dictatorship were as democratic as Switzerland.

Which country in the Middle East is the closest to being a democracy ?

The problem with considering Israel a democratic state, toastman, is that, sooner or later, you're gonna have to follow your own logic to the bitter end and include South Africa under apartheid (hell, even Nazi Germany) in that group.

Democracy based on racial exclusion is an oxymoron.

 

[HistoryBefore67]

Democracy based on racial exclusion is an oxymoron.

So how is there "racial exclusion" when there are MKs who are Arab Muslims?

What you mean to say is that you want Israel to welcome millions of Arabs into the country to immediately create a majority that would vote the Jewish State our of existence.

Well, sorry, Skippy... that ain't happening.

 

[toastman]

As if before 67 the jewish racial dictatorship were as democratic as Switzerland.

Which country in the Middle East is the closest to being a democracy ?

The problem with considering Israel a democratic state, toastman, is that, sooner or later, you're gonna have to follow your own logic to the bitter end and include South Africa under apartheid (hell, even Nazi Germany) in that group.

Democracy based on racial exclusion is an oxymoron.

You didn't answer my question

 

[Roudy]

Which country in the Middle East is the closest to being a democracy ?

Israel's democracy is as strong as ours was during Jim Crow.

Israel is recognized as a democracy and quite strong and prosperous. Higher-anus. LOL