'How could I have become so evil': Jewish-French director grapples with antisemitism (www.haaretz.com)

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In an op-ed for France's Le Monde, Oscar-winning director Michel Hazanavicius expresses fear over the dramatic change in the way the world perceives Jewish people, as if being Jewish had become something really murky, vaguely suspect, possibly detestable.'

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[-] sqgl@beehaw.org 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

to the point of being an apartheid state that treats non-Jewish citizens worse

Maybe in practice, but certainly not in law.

The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs states that "Arab Israelis are citizens of Israel with equal rights" and states that "The only legal distinction between Arab and Jewish citizens is not one of rights, but rather of civic duty. Since Israel's establishment, Arab citizens have been exempted from compulsory service in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)."

https://web.archive.org/web/20160803050854/http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/mfaarchive/2000_2009/2001/8/arab%20israelis

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