Pisa wrote:First, you bring a quote from Kimmerling claiming that the basic laws of Israel discriminate against arabs (how exactly, I wonder).
Then, you bring a quote from a Haaretz article featuring Attorney General Menachem Mazuz with the astounding declaration that JNF leasing land to jews only through ILA is breaking the basic laws of Israel.
Well, if the basic laws discriminate, as Kimmerling claims, why would an Attorney General of Israel declare that JNF actions would be indefensible in a court of law charged with upholding the basic laws of Israel?
Why are you asking me? If you claim that the JNF according to existing laws does not do that, then there is no point for Mazuz to be doing anything anyway, but he is telling them that their discrimination is indefensible in his opinion, as the article states they are not phased by his claims anyway and the state of Israel backs them against Mazuz as does Israeli public opinion. As the wiki articles states an intergovernmental debate has been initiated to remove the institutional discrimination that non-Jewish Israelis face in Israel but not much has come out of it as it is further confirmed by the decisions of the Knesset in 2007.
Pisa wrote:As for the Canadians for Peace and Justice in the Middle East, they're just lying. For instance, they say:
I have first hand knowledge in the field of education for children with special needs. A child with special needs will never be denied access to an appropriate school, unless his parents are unaware of his problems or his rights.
Special education (with transportation system free of charge, paid for by the government) - check.
Educational services outside school - check.
Government funded pre-school education (private institutions are not mandatory) - check.
Source (I used Google translate):
http://www.tira.muni.il/edu/Pages/default.aspx
As I said, the canadians lie.
The Canadians say that more than half of Palestinian children with special needs do not have access to government funded education, which means that there is a proportion that actually does, you posted the example of one school which belongs to the proportion that does. I do not see how the Canadians lie for something. Besides this is not the only thing the Canadians say, if from there entire that is the only thing you could erroneously nit-pick then it does not say much about your intentions really.
Pisa wrote:As for Adalah, they're like Wiki - totally non reliable.
Adalah Centre legally represents the Arab citizens of Israel. You need to realise at some point that in this community, smearing does not fly, if you want to address the issues raised by Adalah you will have to do it one by one if you want to be taken seriously, the same you need to do with the Canadians.