{"id":4959,"date":"2006-05-13T19:46:00","date_gmt":"2006-05-13T16:46:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-14T19:13:54","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T17:13:54","slug":"epalestine-challenge-ferment-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/2006\/05\/epalestine-challenge-ferment-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Challenge \/ Ferment Over ‘The Israel Lobby’ \/ 62% of Israelis support government-backed Arab emigration"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear friends,<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Two worthwhile articles and some recent Israeli statistics, which are stunning as we enter, in 2 days, 58 years of this man-made Catastrophe (Nakba<\/em>).<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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In remembrance of those living dead, called refugees,<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Sam<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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CHALLENGE<\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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A Magazine Covering the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict<\/em><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.hanitzotz.com\/challenge\/97\/issue.htm<\/span><\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

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Read this insightful article in the latest issue:<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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The Choice is Now<\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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By Angela Godfrey-Goldstein<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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For PDF file:<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.hanitzotz.com\/challenge\/97\/p8-11.pdf<\/span><\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

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The NATION<\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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ARTICLE | posted April 27, 2006 (May 15, 2006 issue)  <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Ferment Over ‘The Israel Lobby’  <\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Philip Weiss<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/archive\/ferment-over-israel-lobby\/<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

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Haaretz <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Last update – 10:58 09\/05\/2006                           <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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More than half of Israelis want gov’t to help Arabs emigrate  <\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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By Amiram Barkat, Haaretz Correspondent  <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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More than half of Israelis think the government should encourage its Arab citizens to emigrate from Israel, according to an annual survey by the Israel Democracy Institute.  <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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A poll published Tuesday on the state of democracy in Israel found that 62 percent of Israelis support government-backed Arab emigration, compared to the 40 percent detailed by Geocartography Institute poll in March.  <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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The annual survey of the status of democracy in Israel was published Tuesday morning, in preparation for the Israel Democracy Institute conference to be held Wednesday sponsored by President Moshe Katzav.  <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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29 percent of Israelis think crucial decisions concerning Israel’s future should be decided by a Jewish majority, and only 14 percent feel that relations between Jews and Arabs are stable.  <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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The study also shows a decline in public disapproval of Israel Defense Forces soldiers refusing orders due to personal morals or ideology, especially regarding refusal to evacuate settlements. 58 percent disapprove refusal of orders in the military, as opposed to 70 percent last year.  <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Tuesday’s poll, the Democracy Index 2006, was conducted in the Gutman Center under the direction of Professor Asher Arian.  <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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The poll focused this year on public interest in political parties. The study shows that despite a growing interest in current affairs, confidence in politicians has declined.  <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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82 percent of respondents believe that democracy is the ideal form of government for Israel, a 5 percent increase from the previous poll. 77 percent believe that democracy is the ideal form of government for any country.  <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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27 percent feel that they can influence their government’s policies, while only 17 percent think elected officials fulfill their campaign promises. 25 percent believe that Knesset members are concerned with what the public thinks.  <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Israelis place less trust in political parties than in any other government or public institution. Only 22 percent trust the parties, compared with the 33 percent that place their trust in the Knesset, 44 that trust the media, 68 percent that trust the supreme court and 79 percent the trust the IDF.  <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/hasen\/spages\/714005.html<\/span><\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

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Dear friends, Two worthwhile articles and some recent Israeli statistics, which are stunning as we enter, in 2 days, 58 years of this man-made Catastrophe (Nakba). In remembrance of those living dead, called refugees, Sam ——————————— CHALLENGE A Magazine Covering the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict http:\/\/www.hanitzotz.com\/challenge\/97\/issue.htm Read this insightful article in the latest issue: The Choice is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":"","_ppma_block_editor_authors":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[936],"class_list":["post-4959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"authors":[{"term_id":936,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"sambahour","display_name":"Sam Bahour","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bca109c333bf6d8ae807746dd512adde46265d37c923f6cd0fc4aab437f8e9aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"1","first_name":"Sam","last_name":"Bahour","user_url":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour","job_title":"","description":"

Sam Bahour<\/strong> is a Palestinian-American business consultant, writer, and commentator based in Al-Bireh\/Ramallah, Palestine. He is the principal of Applied Information Management (AIM)<\/a>, a consultancy specializing in business development and startup advisory services.<\/p>\r\n

Bahour was instrumental in establishing two of Palestine\u2019s publicly traded companies: the Palestine Telecommunications Company (PALTEL) and the Arab Palestinian Shopping Centers (APSC). He co-founded Americans for a Vibrant Palestinian Economy (A4VPE), of which he is now an emeritus member, and served as an independent director on the board of Arab Islamic Bank P.L.C. from 2004 to 2025. He currently serves on the board of Just Vision<\/a> and The Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS)<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n

He frequently gives talks to delegations visiting Palestine on the subjects of Palestine\u2019s political economy, Palestinian Politics 101, and a general orientation to the state of affairs under Israeli military occupation.<\/p>\r\n

A prolific writer on Palestinian affairs, Bahour has been published in major international outlets including The New York Times, The Guardian, Haaretz, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, Al Jazeera America, Le Monde diplomatique, Al-Monitor, +972 Magazine, The Hill, and Arab News. He has appeared as a commentator on NPR, CNN, BBC, and other broadcast media.<\/p>\r\n

Bahour is the co-editor of Homeland: Oral Histories of Palestine and Palestinians<\/a><\/em> (Olive Branch Press, 1993) and was profiled in the bestselling anthology Kingdom of Olives and Ash<\/a><\/em>, edited by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, in a chapter authored by Chabon titled \u201cThe Tallest Man in Ramallah<\/a>.\u201d He holds an Associate\u2019s and Bachelor\u2019s degree in Computer Technology from Youngstown State University, and a Kellogg-Recanati International Executive MBA \u2014 a joint program of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the Recanati Business School at Tel Aviv University.<\/p>\r\n

He tweets at @SamBahour<\/a>, blogs at www.epalestine.ps<\/a>, and may be reached at sbahour[AT]gmail[DOT]com.<\/p>"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4959"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9952,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4959\/revisions\/9952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4959"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=4959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}