Stardate 20010910.0525 (On Screen): The suicide bombings in Israel continue. But this last one has a new twist: the guy who blew himself up was an Israeli citizen. If so, this presents the Israeli authorities with an awesome dilemma. Technically, they have no more right to impede the movements of Israeli Arab citizens then they do Israeli Jewish citizens. These are tax-payers and voters; they have their own political party and some of them currently serve in the Knesset. Will Israel now begin to use what in the US is known as "racial profiling"? Will it oppress one fifth of its own citizens because of their race? This revelation has already raised cries (from members of the Knesset, no less) for retaliations against Arab Israeli citizens because of the acts of one of them. That would be morally indefensible and would represent a complete breakdown of law in the nation. Bunker mentality can only take you so far; perhaps it's time to settle, instead?
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