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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 w(contracted; show full)

"There was no such thing as Palestinians, they never existed." Golda Maier Israeli Prime Minister June 15, 1969
David Ben Gurion (the first Israeli Prime Minister): "If I were an Arab leader, I would never sign an agreement with Israel. It is normal; we have taken their country." Quoted by Nahum Goldmann in Le Paraddoxe Juif (The Jewish Paradox), pp121.


"We must use terror, assassination, intimidation, land confiscation, and the cutting of all social services to rid the Galilee of its Arab population." Israel Koenig, "The Koenig Memorandum" 
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==== Statements by Israeli Military Leaders ====

One Israeli politician stated "We have to kill all the Palestinians unless they are resigned to live here as slaves." Chairman Heilbrun of the Committee for the Re-election of General Shlomo Lahat, the mayor of Tel Aviv, October 1983. This racist view was publicly repudiated by the Israeli public.

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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]