| Point to be Examined |
DETAILS AND QUOTES ON WHAT INTERNATIONAL LAW SAYS ABOUT LEGALIZED DISCRIMINATION:
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- INTRODUCTION - The term says:
Article 1
- 1. In this Convention, the term "racial discrimination"
shall mean any distinction, exclusion, restriction or
preference based on race, colour, descent, or national
or ethnic origin which has the purpose or effect of nullifying
or impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise, on
an equal footing, of human rights and fundamental freedoms
in the political, economic, social, cultural or any other
field of public life.
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| In Conclusion. |
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- IN CONCLUSION - Even though some of the formal law-based forms
of discrimination within Israel have been eliminated (such as the use
of the Defense (Emergency) Regulations of 1945, and discriminatory land-leasing
practices as per 2002 Supreme Court ruling), systematic and intentional
religious discrimination and racist harassment still continues throughout
Israeli society, in violation of international law and morality, and
this must be brought to a halt immediately. Prosecution in the International
Criminal Court for these crimes would be doable, for the crime of persecution.
Because of pervasive state-sanctioned religious discrimination (as
well as the ongoing military conflict with Israel's Arab neighbors),
racist harrassment of Arabs has developed throughout Israeli society.
This would qualify as racism because the harrassment of Arabs takes
place irregardless of what religion they are. Thus if a Jewish person
dressed up as an Arab, and looked Arab, he would suffer this discrimination
and harrassment. Further study is needed to see if this is actually
a prosecutable crime as well. For example, if it was found that this
discrimination led to discrimination in housing and mistreatment in
retail stores, and in access to government services, etc., and the
government did not give aid or made no attempt to rectify the situation,
then that might then be prosecutable as well.
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