Israele : legge riduce la rappresentanza delle minoranze
1Gerusalemme, 2 agosto 2013, Nena News - Una riforma elettorale che ridurrà ulteriormente la rappresentazione parlamentare delle minoranze in Israele. È il contenuto di una proposta di legge che mercoledì ha passato la prima votazione alla Knesset, per poi tornare in parlamento il prossimo ottobre. Una mossa aspramente criticata dai partiti di minoranza, che rappresentano i palestinesi cittadini israeliani, ma anche le fazioni degli ebrei ultra-ortodosse, perché considerata il tentativo di ridurre ulteriormente la loro partecipazione alla vita parlamentare.
La legge, presentata dai due partiti di governo (e sorpresa delle ultime elezioni) Yesh Atid e Casa Ebraica, è stata approvata con 64 voti favorevoli contro 49 e prevede l'elevazione dello sbarramento dal 2 al 4%: per entrare in parlamento è necessario ottenere almeno il 4% dei voti alle elezioni. Se dovesse passare in via definitiva, la legge costringerà i partiti minori a coalizzarsi con altre fazioni, pena l'esclusione dalla Knesset.
I promotori della riforma la definiscono uno strumento per dare maggiore stabilità ai futuri governi israeliani, spesso frutto di coalizioni non troppo omogenee e ostaggio di partiti piccoli ma fondamentali a mantenere la maggioranza.
Ad oggi la popolazione palestinese rappresenta oltre il 20% del totale di quella israeliana, ma gode solo di 12 seggi sui 120 della Knesset. Sono gli stessi che, a Sud di Israele, a pochi chilometri da Tel Aviv, stanno lottando contro un piano che prevede la loro espulsione e la confisca delle loro terre. Da sempre la minoranza palestinese è oggetto di leggi apertamente discriminatorie che nella pratica prevedono sistemi diversi basati sull'etnia, trasformandoli in cittadini di serie B.
Come spiegato bene da Adalah, centro per la tutela della minoranza araba in Israele, dalla detenzione e l'arresto fino alla proprietà della terra, decine e decine di leggi impediscono alla popolazione palestinese di godere degli stessi diritti di quella ebrea. In primis, il cosiddetto diritto al ritorno, non applicato ai rifugiati palestinesi della diaspora né ai loro discendenti, ma spendibile da persone di religione ebrea, qualsiasi sia la loro cittadinanza e nazionalità. O ancora, l'impossibilità di ricongiungimento familiare tra un palestinese cittadino israeliano e il partner residente in Cisgiordania e Gaza.
Tra le ultime leggi approvate dal parlamento israeliano, oltre al temibile Piano Prawer, ci sono leggi che allargano i benefici statali (livello del salario minimo, diritto alla casa, diritti scolastici e universitari) a coloro che hanno compiuto il servizio militare, possibilità negata ai cittadini palestinesi se non su espressa richiesta, mentre altre tolgono il diritto di associazione ai gruppi che non riconoscono Israele come Stato ebraico. Clicca qui per la lista completa delle leggi discriminatorie. Nena News
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Day-to-day racism
The strongest expression of racism is the one we encounter in our daily lives. Like at the bank.
Despite the wave of anti-Arab legislation being enthusiastically promoted by some of our elected officials – the governability law, which will primarily undermine the Arab parties; the nation-state bill, which defines Israel as first a Jewish state and only then as a democratic one; and the bill that would give priority to the hiring of Israel Defense Forces veterans – the strongest and most tangible expressions of racism are the ones we encounter in our daily lives., They emerge in our small talk and in unofficial guidelines issued by mid- and lower-level clerks, conveying unwritten codes of conduct that ultimately fashion the policies of the organization and the state.,The transcript of one such conversation was published in Haaretz on Wednesday. It was an exchange between a customer recruitment manager in a Kiryat Shmona branch of Bank Mizrahi-Tefahot and a call-center employee.,
“We don’t give credit to the cousins,” said the recruitment manager. When the call-center representative said she didn’t know who the “cousins” were, the manager specified: “Arabs, Druze, whatever you call them.”,
She made it clear that the bank considered these customers undesirable, people who should be offered such unattractive terms that they would forget about opening an account at the Jewish bank. This unofficial policy – vigorously denied by the bank, which called it an isolated incident that would be investigated – typifies the racist practices of Israeli society. While it may no longer be politically correct to declare “No Arabs allowed,” it’s still permissible to use subtle expressions like “cousins” to carry out racial exclusion.,
These practices have serious economic and social consequences. Based on statistics from the Knesset Research Center, data in the story show that Arab customers - who are mostly, by default, found in only two banks - pay higher bank fees than Jewish customers. Also, their interest spread – the gap between the interest they receive on savings and what they pay for credit – is wider than that of Jewish customers. This principle, which decrees a “tax” or higher tariff for services on the politically weak, is unacceptable and contravenes the principles of social justice.,
The biggest problem with routine racism, as expressed in the Bank Mizrahi-Tefahot case, is the existence of matter-of-fact discrimination between individuals - a practice rampant in corrupt societies. Bank Mizrahi, other banks and all public and private institutions must eradicate the prejudgment of people according to their race or origin. This is a fundamental prerequisite of a democratic state.] -->
Despite the wave of anti-Arab legislation being enthusiastically promoted by some of our elected officials – the governability law, which will primarily undermine the Arab parties; the nation-state bill, which defines Israel as first a Jewish state and only then as a democratic one; and the bill that would give priority to the hiring of Israel Defense Forces veterans – the strongest and most tangible expressions of racism are the ones we encounter in our daily lives.
They emerge in our small talk and in unofficial guidelines issued by mid- and lower-level clerks, conveying unwritten codes of conduct that ultimately fashion the policies of the organization and the state.
The transcript of one such conversation was published in Haaretz on Wednesday. It was an exchange between a customer recruitment manager in a Kiryat Shmona branch of Bank Mizrahi-Tefahot and a call-center employee.
“We don’t give credit to the cousins,” said the recruitment manager. When the call-center representative said she didn’t know who the “cousins” were, the manager specified: “Arabs, Druze, whatever you call them.”
She made it clear that the bank considered these customers undesirable, people who should be offered such unattractive terms that they would forget about opening an account at the Jewish bank. This unofficial policy – vigorously denied by the bank, which called it an isolated incident that would be investigated – typifies the racist practices of Israeli society. While it may no longer be politically correct to declare “No Arabs allowed,” it’s still permissible to use subtle expressions like “cousins” to carry out racial exclusion.
These practices have serious economic and social consequences. Based on statistics from the Knesset Research Center, data in the story show that Arab customers - who are mostly, by default, found in only two banks - pay higher bank fees than Jewish customers. Also, their interest spread – the gap between the interest they receive on savings and what they pay for credit – is wider than that of Jewish customers. This principle, which decrees a “tax” or higher tariff for services on the politically weak, is unacceptable and contravenes the principles of social justice.
The biggest problem with routine racism, as expressed in the Bank Mizrahi-Tefahot case, is the existence of matter-of-fact discrimination between individuals - a practice rampant in corrupt societies. Bank Mizrahi, other banks and all public and private institutions must eradicate the prejudgment of people according to their race or origin. This is a fundamental prerequisite of a democratic state.
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