Dear John Ryan

Thanks for your question "Dear Pete when did Israel turn into a Democratic state"

I draw your attention to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Israel

Politics in Israel is dominated by Zionist parties. They traditionally fall into three camps, the first two being the largest: Labor Zionism (social democrat), Revisionist Zionism (conservative) and Religious Zionism. There are also several non-Zionist Orthodox religious parties, non-Zionist left-wing groups as well as non-Zionist and anti-Zionist Israeli Arab parties.

Knesset http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knesset#Role_in_Israeli_government
As the legislative branch of the Israeli government, the Knesset passes all laws, elects the president, approves the cabinet, and supervises the work of the government through its committees.

and the FOLLOWING is VERY IMPORTANT:

LIST OF ARAB MEMBERS OF THE KNESSET which includes some Sunni Muslims

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Arab_members_of_the_Knesset

NOW compare http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Arab_members_of_the_Knesset

to Jewish members allowed to stand in Arab Parliaments, Royal Courts or other Dictatorships? Are their any?

Or were Jews who had lived in Arab-Persian lands (eg. Egypt, Iran, Syria etc) for centuries forced to flee in the mid 20th century?

For example, see the Jewish population in Egypt, forced out in 1948 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Egypt#After_the_foundation_of_Israel_in_1948

Cheers

Pete

Hasbeen,

Criticising Zionism is not Anti-Semetic in the same way that criticisng Naziism is not anti-German or criticising apartheid is not anti-South African. Neither does having a stance against previous slavery in the pre-civil war USA somehow imply it's not OK to be white.

What other state gets away with committing the same offences while claiming itself to be the victim?

Here's a LIST of ARAB MEMBERS in Israel's Parliament "Knesset". Membership includes some Sunni Muslims http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Arab_members_of_the_Knesset

NOW compare http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Arab_members_of_the_Knesset to any Jewish members allowed to stand in Arab Parliaments, Royal Courts or other Dictatorships? Are there any?

Jews who had lived in Arab-Persian lands (eg. Egypt, Iran, Syria etc) for centuries forced to flee in the mid 20th century?

For example, see the Jewish population in Egypt, forced out in 1948 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Egypt#After_the_foundation_of_Israel_in_1948

Dear Pete
Israel is built on stolen land,they are intent on stealing the rest while killing as many Palestinians as they can doing it.
They are practicing apartheid more like the old South Africa than a democratic state,& since when does (apart from the US)oppress the people who are not Israelis & send the army & settlers to destroy them so the can steal more land
Democratic state my foot, they are as bad as the non democratic Arabs the Saudis for instance or Syrias rulers,the Israeli PM is like Trump a criminal people in glass houses springs to mind Singer & Runner are the propaganda crew

Israel is built on stolen land
John Ryan,
And what is everything in Palestine from ?

Gidday John Ryan

Why is Israel the only country carrying the stolen land tag?

Being an Aussie need I point out Australia is built on land STOLEN from the often slaughtered Aborigines.

Russia is built on largely on land STOLEN by Vikings (the Russ) from slavs. European Russians also STOLE much Muslim land 2 - 3 hundred years ago.

The US is built on land STOLEN by whites from Native Americans.

Britain is built on on land STOLEN by Vikings and Normans from Celts and Saxons.

Therefore why is Israel the only country carrying the stolen land tag? It is basically from your European prejudice that Jews should never own land.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_antisemitism#Disabilities_and_restrictions

"The number of Jews permitted to reside in different places was limited; they were concentrated in ghettos, and were not allowed to own land"