Israeli racism is evolving, but it's okay, because the joke is being told about Arabs - Opinion There is a link between the discrimination against immigrants from Morocco a generation ago and today's anti-Arab racism. haaretz.com Here’s a joke. David Levy, a former Israeli minister who hailed from Morocco, is walking down the street with his wife and son. The kid falls into a pit. Levy asks his wife: “Should we get him out, or make another one?” That’s how it is with Moroccans and how they treat their children, we were told in the 1980s. There was a book of David Levy jokes; the land was awash in them, all racist and all sickening. Don’t laugh yet: Since then, racism has evolved. Now the same is being said, in all seriousness, by the defense minister, the education minister (!) and the minister for public security, seconded by the chief of police. It’s okay now, though, because now the joke is being told about Arabs. The mes