Quote:A rare, functioning Middle East democracy that operates under the rule of law and treats all its citizens — men, women, Arab, Jew — with justice and respect.
Webstermark, allow me to say this "rare, functioning Middle eastern democracy" is such only if...
a) you are an Israeli Jew,
OR
b) hold a US/Canadian passport,
OR
c) hold a European passport
PROVIDED
you weren't born in the Middle East.
Case Study #1:
Dr. Mariam Patricia David, born in Beirut (hence, clearly NOT Jewish) and EU Citizen, visits family in Lebanon (a nation torn between civil wars started by external belligerents) and two years later wants to visit the US with the family.
Her ticket and immigration clearance are approved and she flies happily from Rome to Amsterdam, where she is detained by US Immigration officials for interrogation (in the Netherlands? WTF???) for four hours before being released...
...
only after her husband called the Italian Embassy for assistance.
Why ? Oh, she must clearly be a terrorist...
Case Study #2:
Dr. Nawal Christiane David, born in Beirut (hence, clearly NOT Jewish) and EU Citizen, flies in from Luxemburg, where she holds a top position with Hewlett pakard, to Israel for a business meeting with the local branch:
she is detained and interrogated
for 8 hours.
Why ? Oh, she must clearly be a terrorist...
Case Study #3 :
Ms. Marie Antoinette David, b. 1935, worked as an Admin Assistant at the Caritas Children's Hospital in Bethlehem all her life, never married, and is now retired. She suffers an eye ailment and requires medical treatment.
Everytime she boards the bus to ride to Jerusalem (a 15 minute ride if you're Jewish) she is stopped at the "international boundary checkpoint" (???) and withheld until it is clearly too late to make it to hospital.
Why ? Oh, she must clearly be a terrorist...
She is now in Italy hoping to save at least the other eye, as one is already completely blind.
These case studies are absolutely true, and describe real-life incidents by a) my wife, b) my sister-in-law, c) my father-in-Law's younger sister (who is now age 79...)
Not once, I say, not once since 1946 have Christian Palestinians ever been involved with PLO terrorism, or with Al-Fatah or with Hamas.
So... why persecute Christian Palestinians ?
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The day Israel will provide a credible answer, I will be happy to consider it.
Until then, Webstermark, Israel IS guilty of apartheid. And the US ... IS behaving like Israel's puppet state.