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  An anti-Zionist government
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Last EditedPenguin  Apr 16, 2006 05:58pm
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MediaNewspaper - Ha Aretz
News DateSunday, April 16, 2006 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionAs these lines are being written, it is becoming apparent that Ehud Olmert intends to form a broad coalition government with Labor's agreement and participation, which will also include Yisrael Beiteinu. In exchange for the legitimacy granted to that proto-fascistic party and at least one seat for it in the government, party head Avigdor Lieberman promises to be "pragmatic" and to moderate his anti-Arab rhetoric for now.

But the problem is not only Lieberman and his party, which entered the elections on an openly racist platform. Olmert and his de facto partners in the coalition building process are declaring that they will only form a government with partners that are "Zionist parties." Such a government will continue alienating the Palestinian citizens of Israel, an alienation that is a disaster for the state and the government, no less than it is disastrous for the Arab citizens.

There's no need to waste words on the oppression and repression that faces these citizens in almost every aspect of public life. The lengthy list dates back to the days when the state was established, despite the relative improvement that has taken place in their situation since then. As opposed to the statements meant to justify the discrimination against Arabs in Israel, based on the claims that the country "is at war" against them by virtue of their identity and their identification with the Palestinians, it should be stated once and for all that as an ethno-nationalist group they have proven their aspiration to be an inseparable part of the state of Israel - despite the state's ongoing betrayal of them and its denial of responsibility to treat them equally as citizens.
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