They are being treated as Arabs and not Americans

Excerpts from a CNN article:

“The State Department has complained to the Israeli government about its discriminatory treatment of Arab-Americans traveling to the Palestinian territories...”

“‘They are being treated as Arabs and not Americans,’ one senior official said. ‘They basically treat them as second-class citizens.’”


How inherently racist is that statement? The State Department is upset that Arab-Americans are being treated like Arabs, which is automatically translated into “second-class citizens”. If the State Department recognizes this reality, why doesn’t it ask the Israeli government to stop treating all Arabs as second-class citizens?

Imagine if the State Department had demanded from the apartheid regime of South Africa that it stop discriminating against African-Americans visiting the country, but fell short of criticizing the apartheid itself.

All they care about is that Americans don’t get treated as lowly Arabs.

Pathetic.

Read more:

• CNN: U.S. to Israel: Ease up on Arab-Americans