Arab party: We'll fight Israel's 'Zionization'

eyl

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Wed Feb-15-06 06:56 PM
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Arab party: We'll fight Israel's 'Zionization'

The rule on earth, or at least the rule on Arab and Muslim land should be led by the Caliph (Muslim leader and Muhammad's heir), chairman of the United Arab List �Ta'al party Sheikh Ibrahim Sarsur* told reporters.

The two Arab factions UAL and Ta'al, the latter headed by Knesset Member Ahmed Tibi, have recently decided to join forces and merge ahead of the elections. At a press conference to mark the launching of the new list's election campaign, Tibi and Sarsur presented their candidates for the Knesset and spoke of the party's platform and ideological principles.

Referring to the upcoming parliamentary elections in Israel, Sarsur stressed that the party's objectives are to "preserve the Arab existence in the country and protect our holy places."

"The party's goal is also to struggle to preserve the religious and national identity of the Arab minority in Israel, in the face of Israelization and Zionization trends, as well as to fight for collective and individual rights and against the racist discrimination we are subjected to," he said.

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*Damn, I can't even read this guy's name without having to supress snickers (sarsur is Hebrew for "pimp"). How second-grade of me :)

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demosincebirth

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Wed Feb-15-06 08:17 PM
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1. What does Zionization mean?

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bemildred

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Wed Feb-15-06 09:50 PM
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2. Jewish electrons being ejected from atoms?

Then you have positive zions and negative zions, or maybe zions and anti-zions which annihilate when they collide?

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pelsar

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Thu Feb-16-06 12:05 PM
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4. very good..

you got me laughing on that one.....

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eyl

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Thu Feb-16-06 08:30 AM
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3. Basically, they're referring to

Israeli Arabs supporting (and voting for) the "Zionist" parties rather than the sectarian Arab parties.

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demosincebirth

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Thu Feb-16-06 01:21 PM
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5. Thanks, Eyl, for answering my question.

Didn't know it had anything to do with Israeli Arabs.

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sabbat hunter

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Thu Feb-16-06 03:11 PM
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6. funny thing is

israeli arabs probably have the most rights of any arabs in the middle east. freedom of expression, vote, etc etc

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pelsar

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Fri Feb-17-06 12:12 AM
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7. its more than that...

they're voting for the partie that best has their interests at heart..reguardless of religion....isnt that a sign of success for a democratic state?

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demosincebirth

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Fri Feb-17-06 03:21 PM
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9. I would think so.

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eyl

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Fri Feb-17-06 07:11 AM
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8. The parties the article is about

Ta'al and Ra'am (UAL) - are both parties running in the Israeli Knesset elections.

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