Israel TO CHange Oath To Jewish State

The first statement is by Australia's wartime prime minister, John Curtin, and the Rosetta Stone Language second by its first prime minister, Edmund Barton, both reaffirming the White Australia Policy. Advertisement: Story continues below Fortunately for this country, the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 made the use of racial criteria for any official purpose illegal. In today's Israel, however, the prospect of the Knesset approving the controversial loyalty pledge promises to deliver two inseparable outcomes, one desired and one denied: first, the formal recognition of Israel as a Jewish state by its non-Jewish new citizens, and second, confirmation of Israel as an ethnocracy. Israel calls itself a democracy while insisting that the rights of people of the faith supersede the rights of people of the land. Palestinians who have had to endure 60 years of being occupied, displaced or discriminated against, are now coerced either through Israeli legislation or Israeli demands at the negotiating table to formally recognise the cause of it all. The crux of the demand is for Palestinians to surrender the historic right to their homeland to any Jewish outsider wishing to call it his or her own. Strangers taking over my house by force is catastrophic, me responding by handing them the deed is insane. Undoubtedly for Palestinians, recognising Israel as a Jewish state surpasses any other obstacle Language Learning Software to peace. It is a preposterous proposition to abandon one's legitimate rights once and for all. In fact, it is the 3 million voiceless Palestinian refugees in the neighbouring countries with everything to lose from this pledge. Many have held on to the keys of their homes since 1948keys unlocking bitter memories of displacement and hardships lived ever since, but still representing the longing and right to return. These keys will never unlock doors in the cities and villages of today's Israel, but clinging on to them and saying "no" to such proposals as the pledge are the only means left to preserve awareness of their plight. As for ethnocracy, it is defined in the Webster's dictionary as a political regime instituted on the basis of qualified rights to citizenship, with ethnic affiliation, defined in terms of race, descent, religion, or language, as the distinguishing principle. In Israel's case, being Jewish is what grants one the privilege. Israel, like other ethnocracies, is characterised by uncompromising control the legal, institutional, and physical instruments of power deemed necessary to secure dominance of one ethnic group over all others. Wars continue to shape and reshape the country's frontier. Land taken by force soon becomes buffer zones against new enemy lines, without the slightest consideration of the hardships inflicted on native populations. The state's actions are always to serve exclusively those it aims to protectthe Jewish people. Israel's much-trumpeted quest for "peace" can also be understood as an instrument of protection and control, rather than a strategic choice to end the conflict. It is a tactic used to weaken the other side, delay outcomes and pre-empt any serious resolution of political and territorial questions. Sadly, the recent push to continue with the peace charade is mainly to appease the Obama administration. This Clayton's peace has served Israel well in the past few years, alongside Chinese Learning Software the more conventional act of building walls to restrain the 2.5 million Palestinians of the West Bank, despite some easing of restrictions.