Israeli Racism

Israeli Racism

In a scathing attack on certain religious factions in Israel, an article on the authoritative Jewish website, HARRETZ.com denounces the existence in the country of self-righteous zealots imvolved in a “racist campaign [which] is being led by the Shas party, headed by Interior Minister Eli Yishai.”

Shulamit Aloni also targets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for having “fallen in love” with ultra-orthodox elements in Israel and Israel’s “parasites,” 50,000 yeshiva students who are exempted from working and serving in the military.

The notoriously-belligerent Netanyahu allegedly ”despises the principles embodied in the founding document of the state . . . that ensures the country will be developed ‘for the benefit of all its residents,’ that there will be ‘complete equality of rights for all citizens regardless of origin, race, religion or gender,’ as well as ‘freedom of religion and conscience.’ “

The chief object of Aloni’s disaffection is the ultra-Orthodox hypocrisy in accepting the assimilation of Russian emigres while insisting ”on racial purity,” and expulsion ”from the ‘Jewish democratic’ state [all other] children . . .

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