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Originally posted by MuadDib
If you are referring to Palestinians technically they want/operate their own state. If you are referring to Muslim Israeli population its sort of a misrepresentation to say that they aren't represented. Here in America we have about a 15% Muslim population and no Muslims in elected positions in the federal government. Does that mean we are not a democracy? Democracy is a style of government not another would for equality. Even before African Americans and women had voting rights we were still a democracy. Don't make the mistake of confusing modern democratic values with democratic style government
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Very good point but just to be sure that folks like Food Eater Lad see this... non-Jewish Arabs ARE represented by numerous political parties AND by 10-15 (~10% of all elected members) parliamentary members each election.
As has been said many times by many people, Arabs in Israel have more voting rights than in any Arab country. I remember one poll that asked Israeli Arabs whether they would move to Palestine after it becomes a reality and a huge majority said that they would rather stay & live in Israel.