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

''Some Israelis hold bigoted views 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]]. Some Israelis work to fight racism against Arabs and Muslims, and also to fight [[Muslim]] [[anti-Semitism]]; as such there are ma(contracted; show full)

* "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," Rabbi Ovadia Yosef about the Palestinian people [Source: The Times, UK - 4/10/01]  
::Yosef is the founder and spiritual leader of the Israeli religious party Shas and is 
highly regarded as one of the great rabbis of this generation 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.

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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]