Israel’s distinguishing between Christian and Muslim Arabs is racism

To say that "Such a distinction is designed to spark conflicts between minorities in a divide-and-conquer style that breaches international agreements that Israel has signed. It pushes Israel into the ranks of the darkest states." - is to ignore the root of this kind of conflict: no separation between state and religion - family law already make this distinction; not every "arab" has the right to join the army (even within same ethnic group, some beduins are allowed to serve, others not, Druzes are ok, muslims with palestinian origin are enemies, and so on).  May be is better to make it clear instead of so much incoherence, denial and lies. Without separation between state and religion there will be always ground to separate citizens into different groups. If there is pluralism and democratic values, may be self-determination and identity conflicts may be taken more seriously than formal denial.The meaning of  "arabs" is so politicized in Israel that it denied jewish arabs their own arab identity. For a jewish brazilian with arab origin i have always been used to tell that many of my recipes are from my arab root, jewish, but arab. No brazilian-arab question this fact that many jews have so common with them. Why? Brazilian-arabs are manly christians and jews, both persecuted in their homeland, share same experiences and love same food. In Israel, if there is sense for making some kind of distinction it should before review the meaning of what is ti be an "arab". 



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