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A country lost in its own region : Comments

By Antony Loewenstein, published 17/11/2006

Only international pressure on Israel can bring a nation addicted to violence to heel.

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Color-coded license plates for non-jews in “Israel.”

Jewish settlers living in Bet El settlement near Ramallah do not get plates with an "R" on an orange background. They have yellow Israeli plates. In other words, in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Jews and Arabs have license plates that show their race. - ref. http://nigelparry.com/diary/ramallah/plates.html

A ban was imposed on 'Palestinians' riding in cars with Israeli license plates (Israeli license plates are yellow with black writing; 'Palestinian' license plates are white with green writing, so the two are easily distinguishable). - ref. http://israelmatzav.blogspot.com/2006/11/ban-on-palestinians-in-cars-with.html

President Jimmy Carter's Book

“Because of powerful political, economic, and religious forces in the United States, Israeli government decisions are rarely questioned or condemned." ref. http://www.forward.com/articles/carter-book-slaps-israel-with-‘apartheid’-tag/

In April 2003 a "Roadmap" for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was announced by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on behalf of the United States, the United Nations, Russia, and the European Union (known as the Quartet).The Palestinians accepted the road map in its entirety but the Israeli government announced fourteen caveats and prerequisites, some of which would preclude any final peace talks. ref. http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?ItemID=11400

Arab Countries

The report presented a harsh assessment of Arab governments' efforts to stifle political freedom, saying political participation in the region has "often been little more than a ritual" and elections typically preserve the status of "ruling elites." ref. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28316-2005Apr5.html

The report, which also charged Israel with impeding the political and economic rights of Palestinians, said the U.S. detention of Arabs and Muslims as part of the war on terrorism was undercutting efforts of reformers to make democratic changes in the Middle East. ref. http://www.saudi-us-relations.org/newsletter2005/saudi-relations-interest-01-21.html

All these quotes are from the first two sites of every arguement which i generously extracted for you.
Posted by Chad, Thursday, 7 December 2006 2:10:53 PM
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Chad

Regarding number plates, the Palestinian administration issues Palestinian number plates not Israeli number plates, as you would expect.because Palestine is not Israel. In Israel the Israeli administration issues Israeli number plates regardless of religion or background. The Israeli and Palestinian number plates happen to be of a different colour.

The settlements are regarded as part of Israel and therefore Israeli number plates are issued. I agree strongly that the settlers should not be there. The number plates are not colour coded according to religion and Israeli Arabs, both Muslem and Jewish are given indestinguishable Israeli number plates all of the same colour. What in fact the Arab governments outside of Israel do is not the responsibility of Israel.

So President Carter sided with the Palestinians. Both of the President Bushes, President Reagan and President Clinton took an opposite view. What does that prove?

You quoted a report that showed up faults on both sides. Good, you are now showing less bias.
Posted by logic, Thursday, 7 December 2006 9:38:27 PM
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