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April 29th, 2007

Poll Position

Aussie Dave

Brain teaser for the “Israel is an Apartheid state” crowd: explain this.

A vast majority of Israeli Arabs would support a constitution that maintained Israel’s status as a Jewish and democratic state while guaranteeing equal rights for minorities, according to a poll whose results were published on Sunday.

Among the 507 people who participated in the poll, some 75 percent said they would agree with such a definition while 23 percent said they would oppose it.

The Israel Democracy Institute (IDI), a non-partisan research institute who commissioned the poll, said the results were proof that a constitution that maintained Israel’s status as a Jewish and democratic state could win the support of the Israeli Arab public.

Bonus points if you can do so without frothing at the mouth.

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An Australian immigrant to Israel, Aussie Dave has been blogging since early 2003.

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