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Israel/Palestine

branford

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12. Are you suggesting non-citizens should be allowed to vote?

Reply to Little Tich (Reply #11)

Mon Sep 12, 2016, 08:57 PM

Sep 2016

Also, do you actually know why many of those purported East Jerusalem residents aren't citizens?

Most chose to forgo citizenship rather than recognize Israel or Israeli sovereignty. It's a political choice.

http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.630605

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Palestinian Supreme Court halts municipal elections in the West Bank, Gaza Strip [View all] oberliner Sep 2016 OP

Democracy King_David Sep 2016 #1

Isn't the Israeli decision to prevent an election in occupied East Jerusalem in contravention of Little Tich Sep 2016 #2

Which law? oberliner Sep 2016 #3

I dunno. Little Tich Sep 2016 #4

What kind of investigation? oberliner Sep 2016 #5

Suppressing people's right to vote is hardly what democracies should be doing. Little Tich Sep 2016 #7

Your disingenuous attacks vs. Israel for being undemocratic is especially vile.... shira Sep 2016 #8

It seems as if Israel violates the the provisions in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as Little Tich Sep 2016 #9

Israel does have transparent and open elections oberliner Sep 2016 #10

I've heard that there are around 300.000 people in East Jerusalem who are not Little Tich Sep 2016 #11

Are you suggesting non-citizens should be allowed to vote? branford Sep 2016 #12

You mean allowing Hamas terrorists into E.Jerusalem should be allowed.... shira Sep 2016 #6