ISRAEL'S JIM CROW?

Does Israel do 'Jim Crow,' too?

Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef thinks so. He explained to Piers Morgan during their second widely-circulated interview, which aired in November, that racist laws in Israel prevent Palestinians from buying land in Israeli towns built on top of demolished Palestinian towns. He drew a powerful parallel to the Jim Crow laws that discriminated against Africans in the United States during the 19th and 20th centuries. In both instances, perpetrators were presented as law-abiding citizens, even though the laws violated human rights.

Plus, Youssef pointed out Christians also live in Palestine. That fact tends to be ignored amid the anti-Muslim rhetoric about Palestinians.

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