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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous

PP, please list for me the democracies in the middle east?[/quote]
Iran is closer than Israel. Israel is not a western country and does not share the values of the west.[/quote]

You keep saying that but have no support for it.

Israel is a democracy. It has open elections. There are arabs, muslims and christians serving in government. It has freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom of religion. Women are free and equal, gays have rights and can serve in the military. It has freedom of commerce, investment in education, a free market.

What are the "western values" it does not share?[/quote]
Don't be ridiculous.  Israel lords over the population of West Bank and Gaza without extending to them citizenship rights. Israeli Arabs are severely discriminated against, in public service, in employment opportunities, in municipal services in Arab-dominated neighborhoods, in marriage, in spending per pupil in Arabic schools, in property rights.  Israeli Jews can reclaim properties they owned prior to 1948 and Israeli Arabs cannot.  Israel privileges one group for immigration purposes vs. all others.  Israel doesn't have freedom of speech - may you want to look up Gideon Levy? Israel has banned its reporters from visiting Gaza for the last 8 years.   Torture and administrative detention for up to 6 months without trial is legal in Israel. [/quote]

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