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Israelis and anti-Palestinian racism
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Compare to [[Arabs and anti-Semitism]].

A minority of Israelis hold bigoted viewpoints about Palestinian Arabs. Many view this as an indication of the hostile intentions of Israel, and something that must be taken into account when analyzing the [[Arab-Israeli conflict]]. Many Israelis work to fight racism against Arabs and Muslims, and also to fight Muslim anti-Semitism; as such there are many projects that work to create a peaceful co-existence between Israelis and Arabs.

== Anti-Palestinian bigotry ==

A handful of extremist [[Ultra-Orthodox Judaism|Ultra-Orthodox Jewish]] Israeli [[rabbi]]s have described Palestinians as subhuman. None of these people have a role in the major Jewish denominations. Each of the statements below has been condemned by rabbis and spokespeople from mainstream Orthodox Judaism, Conservative Judaism and Reform Judaism, and from the (largely non-religious) Israeli press.

"One million Arabs are not worth a Jewish fingernail." -- Rabbi Yaacov Perrin, Feb. 27, 1994 [Source: N.Y. Times, Feb. 28, 1994, p. 1]

"It is forbidden to be merciful to them, you must give them missiles, with relish — annihilate them. Evil ones, damnable ones," Said by Rabbi Ovadia Yosef about the Palestinian people [Source: The Times, UK - 4/10/01]  Ovadia Yosef is the founder and spiritual leader of the Israeli religious party Shas and is highly regarded as one of the great rabbis of the generation by much of the Sephardic ultra-orthodox community in Israel.  Outside that community he is often regarded as a maverick and extremist.However, Modern Orthodox Jews, non-Orthodox Jews, and secular Jews generally view him as a fanatic. Israeli newspapers speculate that Yosef has become mentally unstable. 

Some Israeli politicians have made critical and rude statements about Palestinians that Palestinians consider to be very offensive.

"There is a huge gap between us (Jews) and our enemies not just in ability but in morality, culture, sanctity of life, and conscience. " Israeli president Moshe Katsav. The Jerusalem Post, May 10, 2001

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[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/muslims/interviews/feisal.html PBS interview with Feisal Abdul Rauf]

[http://asmasociety.org/sermon060602.html A Call to bridge the Abrahamic faiths: Judaism, Christianity and Islam, by Feisal Abdul Rauf]

[http://www.cuii.org/hirabah.htm Khalid Abou El Fadl condemns terrorist attacks as not being true Jihad, and calles them Hirabah, terrorism]