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A May 2009 "Principles of the Agreement between the State and the JNF" (Jewish National Fund) proposed its ownership of "available and unplanned" land in the Negev and Galilee - in the heart of Arab communities as a way to displace them for Jews.
Other laws, introduced or passed, favor Jews over Arabs. In addition, legitimized violence has grown alarmingly in the past decade resulting in dozens of Israeli Arab deaths. Prominent Arab leaders have also been arrested during peaceful demonstrations, and human rights groups ("deemed biased against Israel") have been threatened and targeted by hostile legislation to restrict their funding and freedoms.
In January 2010, the Zionist student group, Im Tirtzu, accused the New Israel Fund (NIF) of bearing direct responsibility for the Goldstone Report. NIF responded, saying it "became the latest target of what appears to be a coordinated effort to stifle dissent and shut down the human rights community in Israel."
Over the past decade, Arab MKs have been investigated - some indicted on charges of incitement for participating in nonviolent protests against discriminatory government policies. Over the same period, Jewish MKs introduced bills comparing Arab Knesset members to Nazi collaborators, proposing transferring them to a future Palestinian state.
For some time, systematically curtailing Arab civil and political liberties has continued, all Israeli Arabs endangered by a nation affording rights solely to Jews.
A Historic Analog - Nazi 1930s Violence Against Jews
Early on, the Nazis institutionalized violence to force its will on all aspects of society - its plan to solidify power and establish despotic rule. The Gestapo and SS enforced it against declared enemies of the state, including communists, social democrats, gypsies, homosexuals, and, of course, Jews.
Right after the March 1933 elections, Nazis institutionalized violence, riots beginning in the Ruhr and spread nationally. Jewish businesses, enterprises and stores were picketed, handbills saying "Germans, don't buy at Jewish shops." SA stormtroopers broke into Jewish homes, mistreating and arresting their occupants.
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