Comments by "Sandy Tatham" (@sandytatham3592) on "Yishai Fleisher"
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All "permanent residents" of other Western countries have to remain in occupation for a number of qualifying years, without committing any violence or crimes, before they can apply for full citizenship with national voting rights. They would also need to pledge allegiance to the Jewish state of Israel. This is already the status for East Jerusalem Arabs and the Druze who live in the Golan Heights. Most of the Arab Muslims of Judea and Samaria may choose to remain as "permanent residents" of Israel. It would give them equal civil rights, security, education, health, employment opportunities, a travel document, and relative autonomy in their own areas. The Arabs do not have a higher birth rate than Israeli citizens, plus there may be growing numbers of Jewish people who choose to emigrate to Israel once there is more security, so there may not be a demographic issue.
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@the1littlebeatle : If they have Israeli citizenship then they do have full national voting rights today. If "residence status" is offered to the Arabs in the Palestinian Territories, like the Arabs of East Jerusalem currently have, they would have equal civil rights, but not national voting rights. Civic rights includes voting in civic elections (such as the city of Jerusalem) so they can have autonomous Arab cities or fair representation in those cities. They also have education, health, security, employment opportunities, etc. To get full citizenship with national voting rights they would have to pledge allegiance to the Jewish state of Israel which for many Muslims would be treasonous, though many do so without being open about it. Many Muslims also believe that voting in any elections is against Islam so they are under-represented in both civic and national elections in Israel. Millions and millions of people live in other countries today on "residence visas" and they benefit from that, or they move on. In the case of the Arabs of the Palestinian Territories who do not want "residence status" in Israel if it was offered, they could be financially assisted to apply for resettlement elsewhere then they could probably visit Israel as tourists if they have a good security record.
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