I know that when Israel was given the land in 1948, about 1 million local inhabitants (Palestinians) who wanted to stay were given Israeli papers and allowed to stay as a group called Arab 1948. I know they join the Knesset and everything. My question is what jobs are they prohibited from holding? Can they work as cops even?
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It is a group known as Arab Israelis, they are not prohibited from holding any jobs. Israeli Arabs can be police officers if they wish. They are not obligated, but are also able to hold any job in the military. I had a Druze commander and an Arab soldier in a combat unit.
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Woo, yes they sure can and do work as cops, matter of fact they serve in all IPD (Israeli Police Department) branches, during my years on the force many Israeli Arabs , both Muslim and Christians served under my command, while attending courses in the police academy I was lectured by Arab Captains Superintendents and Chief Superintendents. As an example .... then Captain Nabil Issawi lectured on traffic, he is still on the force, youll find his name some 10 lines down, Chief Superintendent Nabil Issawi of the Northern District traffic police, http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/objects/pages/PrintArticle.jhtml?itemNo=829710 ,
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Israel has never legally denied any citizen any job. Since 1948. Meaning, that Arabs could work as cops. The question is not if they are allowed to join, because they are Arab; rather, the question is if they want to join. Many Arabs are Israeli cops, especially in the areas which are heavily populated by the Arabs. There are Arab majority towns, and I'll give you a guess who the local cops are. Arabs have never been forbidden jobs. Now, they are unlikely to get some jobs, like Prime Minister's position, but that's hardly a surprise. As long as they had Israeli papers, they were citizens, which equivalent rights to any other Israeli, Jew or Arab.
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israeli arabs can hold any job they'd like. there are judges, members of the knesset, ministers, cops, soldiers (though they are not forced to join the army), engineers - any job.
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Sure as long as they roll over when ordered to.
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i know 2 of my fellow christian arabs who are in IDF.
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There are plenty of Arab (by the way, do you mean Muslim or Christian or both?) in the police force, and not just in their own towns. There are many Arab (both Christian and Muslim) judges, and one of them handed down a relatively long sentence to our rapist former president, Mr. Katzav. Lots of Jews didn't like that. I don't think there are many jobs that are officially banned to ARabs of either religion (maybe defense related jobs), but sometimes the antidiscrimination laws don't work very well, KWIM?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qxzZY4JycY&feature=related
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Yes they can. The only limitation for the Israeli arabs is the military service. They are not drafted. And you made some mistakes. Those who wanted to stay were not some Palestinians, they were Arabs. Until 1967, the word "Palestinian " was a synonym of the word "Jew", and to call an Arab a "Palestinian" meant to insult him . Also the number of these Arabs who got the Israeli citizenship was not " a million" in 1948; it was 180,000. In 65 years under the "cruel and apartheid Israeli rule" they became 1, 2 million people.
