Israeli-Druze Alliance Defends Israel Against Apartheid Accusations....

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Israeli-Druze Alliance Defends Israel Against Apartheid Accusations: ‘We Are a Living Example of How Empty These Claims Are’

Members of Israel’s Druze community on Monday slammed all those who accuse Israel of being an “apartheid state” that discriminates against its minorities.

This defense of the Jewish state was made by a visiting delegation of Israeli Druze during a conference held in New York this week at the office of the World Jewish Congress. Tahani Sheikh, a member of the community who recently finished her medical studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and is pursuing a career as a neurologist, said that because the Druze community is so well-integrated into Israeli society, “We are a living example of how empty such claims [as apartheid] are.”

She said a look at Israel’s academic institutions — where Arabs make up a large percentage of the student body — is enough to grasp how false the accusations are. She cited figures showing that 50 percent of the students at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and more than 80 percent of Tel Aviv University’s dental school are Arabs.

These facts, she said, prove wrong those who say that “Israel is against minorities or not giving them equal rights.”

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http://www.algemeiner.com/2015/11/03/israeli-druze-alliance-defends-israel-against-apartheid-accusations-we-are-a-living-example-of-how-empty-these-claims-are/

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1. "We are not subject to apartheid's rules, so there is no apartheid."

Kinda reminds me of white people in America who dismiss the reality of racism by noting that anti-Irish discrimination isn't a thing anymore.

[shira]

2. It's because there really isn't apartheid. Clear minded people know this. n/t