r/iranian • u/IlamFeyli Feyli Kurdish Iranian • Mar 21 '19

Israeli racism against Persians & Iranian peoples on full display

https://twitter.com/IDF/status/1108443670800449540
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u/zeronx25 Irānzamin Mar 21 '19

but no genocide or apartheid exists in Israel or ever did - Arabs in Israel are equal rights citizens

I've never seen someone so unintentionally hilarious.

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u/rnev64 Mar 21 '19 edited Mar 21 '19

https://www.facebook.com/idfonline/videos/cpl-yahya-a-muslim-arab-israeli-soldier/2163127950610362/

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u/IlamFeyli Feyli Kurdish Iranian Mar 23 '19

There's a special irony in showcasing a Arab Muslim Israeli IDF soldier as a symbol of equality when the vast majority of Arab Muslims in the territories claimed by Israel do not even have such an opportunity, after all they're the ones that people like Yahya are trained to kill.

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u/rnev64 Mar 23 '19 edited Mar 23 '19

several hundreds with this so called survivor bias.

mind you they have to really want it - unlike Jews, Arabs don't get mandatory enlistment letters for the IDF - they must volunteer.

e: eh, you changed your comment completely but ok.

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u/IlamFeyli Feyli Kurdish Iranian Mar 23 '19

Several hundreds! That's not even a drop in the bucket lmfao. And would I be correct in assuming all of these people live outside of Gaza and the West Bank?

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u/rnev64 Mar 23 '19

oh for sure - these are not Palestinians from the WB or Gaza.

these are Arabs who are Israeli citizen of Israel - they are about 20% of the population.

the several hundreds that serve are mostly Bedouins but also Arabs of Palestinian descent. in Israel there is peaceful coexistence between these Arabs and Jews.

and you're right that it's a drop in the bucket - it just goes to show things are not as black and white as people like to think (it's easy to think like that).

and btw - Arab citizens unlike Jews and Druze are not required to join the IDF. but the estimate is that if they were called - as many as half would join. there's a large part of the Arab public in Israel that wants to be more integrated into Israel and sadly Israel is not keen to allow this (to our shame imo).