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A Final Comment
On June 12 Mondoweiss headlined "Haaretz article in Hebrew suggests that racism is inherent in Zionism," saying:
Yonatan Mandel wrote it. He's a Van Leer Institute in Jerusalem Department of Politics and Government researcher. One except covers the "Ulpana Hill controversy, in which West Bank settlers are facing eviction" for building homes on Palestinian land.
Mandel calls the debate "astounding. There's the Israeli government sitting on top of private Palestinian land, and negotiating with the Jewish settlers such details as the compensation level, the number of houses that will be built instead for them as well as moving them into other areas under the responsibility of the 'Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories Unit of the Civil Administration in Judea and Samaria.' "
Palestinian land owners have no say. No compensation for losses are offered. Nor are fair compromises proposed. They're never considered.
"Not only does Israel never compensate Palestinians for construction, it mainly talks to them in the language of destruction.""The Zionist movement, and now Israel, still do not see the Arabs. So even in 2012, it still seems to have remained the 'hidden question;' it remains an annoying buzz that there is really no need to address. The problem is that today there are far fewer ears that can hear the crying."
Zionism is fundamentally racist, extremist, undemocratic, and militant. It espouses Jewish supremacy, exceptionalism, and uniqueness as God's "chosen people."
It institutionalized occupation, oppression, violence and dispossession. It justifies structural inequalities. It rules by force, not coexistence. It chooses confrontation over diplomacy and rule of law provisions.
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