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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

State Dept.: Israel still discriminates against non-Jews

Ma'an
Israel continues to discriminate against its religious minorities legally, financially and culturally, according to a US State Department review on worldwide religious freedom released on Monday.

In its 2009 International Religious Freedom Report, the department said that despite last year's documentation of Israel's prejudice against minorities, the "status of respect for religious freedoms by the Government was unchanged during the reporting period."

..."Non-Jewish holy sites do not enjoy legal protection under it because the Government does not recognize them as official holy sites." Full story

State Department - International Religious Freedom Report 2009
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