Here's my understanding of the situation. Israeli arabs are palestinians that accepted citizenship when Israel was formed. Most Palestinians refused citizenship, since they expected Israel to be destroyed very soon...so they went off to the refugee camps in Gaza and Jordan expecting to be back very soon. That never happened, but they can't accept Israeli citizenship without also accepting the legitimacy of Israel. Of course, if they did accept citizenship it would be a demographic disaster for the Jews...but there is no chance of that. So it is not really race or religion based. You can be an arab muslim and be a citizen of Israel. It's just that most arab muslims wouldn't want to be citizens, they'd rather destroy Israel. ===== Darryl Think Galactically -- Act Terrestrially __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
