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Politically, the most worrying aspect is the accusation by the police that the fires were caused deliberately by arsonists.  The finger is being pointed at Palestinian citizens of Israel.  This comes in the midst of anti-Arab laws advanced by the most right-wing coalition government Israel has had for many years.  A survey, published just this week, by the "Democracy Institute" has shown a majority of Israelis supporting an ethnic cleansing of Arabs in Israel.  Also, according to the survey, in case of war the Jewish majority supports incarcerating Israeli Arabs in detention camps, as the Americans treated their Japanese citizens during WW2.  A vast majority of Israelis do not think that Arab citizens should participate in major decisions, such as the conditions of peace.  (For more on this, see "Survey: Israel Yet to Grasp Concept of Democracy" in Haaretz.)

Politically, the most worrying aspect is the accusation by the police that the fires were caused deliberately by arsonists.  The finger is being pointed at Palestinian citizens of Israel.  This comes in the midst of anti-Arab laws advanced by the most right-wing coalition government Israel has had for many years.  A survey, published just this week, by th... >>>