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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 ==


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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 by much of the Sephardic ultra-orthodox community in Israel. However, Modern Orthodox Jews, non-Orthodox Jews, and secular Jews generally view him as a fanatic; his views are routinely rejected by those outside his community.

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

"The Palestinians are like crocodiles, the more you give them meat, they want more".... Ehud Barak, Prime Minister of Israel at the time - August 28, 2000. Reported in the Jerusalem Post August 30, 2000

"[The Palestinians are] beasts walking on two legs." Menahim Begin, speech to the Knesset, quoted in Amnon Kapeliouk, "Begin and the Beasts". New Statesman, 25 June 1982.

"The Palestinians" would be crushed like grasshoppers ... heads smashed against the boulders and walls." " Israeli Prime Minister (at the time) in a speech to Jewish settlers New York Times April 1, 1988 

Israeli politicians hold that it would be demographic suicide for millions of Palestinian Arabs to move into pre-1967 Israel. Some Palestinians hold that such views are offensive. For instance, "We must do everything to ensure they [the Palestinian refugees] never do return" David Ben-Gurion, in his diary, 18 July 1948, quoted in Michael Bar Zohar's Ben-Gurion: the Armed Prophet, Prentice-Hall, 1967, p. 157. 

"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" 

==== 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]