The Tel-Aviv municipality hasn't run any ads against anything. In fact, municipalities don't run political ads at all! The link you sent has nothing to do with Arabs marrying jews in Israel. Also, no laws recently passed that state anything of the sort. There is one political party that likes to make a lot of noise. That's all they do pretty much; noise. Most Israelis disagree with them. No Israeli Arabs were ever deported from Israel, without having been convicted of treason of some sort. The only {maybe} exception to that is a former Parliament member who fled to Syria after it was discovered he used his position to send the Hizbolla military intelligence during the 2006 Lebanon conflict. He fled by his own will though. Seeing the above story, you must understand that the whole issue of trust is a big issue. The episode during the 2006 conflict didn't help bridge trust between Israelis and the Israeli Arab politicians. You compare it to the situation of African-Americans in the USA, but Afterican-Americans share the same interests as the 'White' population. The Arab population does not. I certainly wouldn't want someone who's loyalty is in question being my defense minister. In a nation such as Israel, some things are too critical. Also, previous governments have offered Arab-Israeli parties to join the coalitions, but most parties decided that it "wasn't in their interests" As for the pilot: the article you linked to said it all; he probably didn't pass his security clearance. Security clearance is taken seriously in all armies. Israel is no exception. To every sensitive position you must pass a series of background checks. In more sensitive roles, such as intelligence analysts or pilots, the level of clearance needed is high, and in clearance, you better be safe than sorry! I know 3 people, Israeli Jews, that didn't pass their security clearance. One of them didn't pass because he was friends on facebook with someone from Iran. I know another Jewish American, that immigrated to serve in the army, which didn't get the security clearance he wanted because he holds another citizenship and the risks associated with it. I know it sounds bad when looking from the outside, but Israel has suffered too many times from cutting corners on security clearance, and I'm not surprised they didn't do it again.

That post contains 100% bullshit material. Israeli Arabs are treated equally by the government in Israel. Sure, some people are bigots, but you find them in every nation. The post above makes it seem like the government endorsed a "Jews Only" sign policy, when in fact, it didn't. It didn't because it didn't see the problem arise and when the problem rose, they did introduce a law banning it. As for pilots and ministers: Israeli Arabs aren't conscripted for military service. Those Israeli Arabs that wish to volunteer have most options open to them, even in some of the most sensitive units. I know a few Israeli Arabs serving in Intelligence units and there is even a story about an Arab medic that is now part of the elite 669 Unit. Pilot selection is a tough process, and it only takes the best of the best. The top 3% of the fit teenagers are summoned for testing, and of them single digit percentages get in. Once you start the course, over 80% of the accepted candidates fall in the three years of pilot training. I know that Israeli Arabs that volunteer can be summoned for testing, it's just that with the small percentage that do volunteer, I don't see it as a big shock statistically that none have yet made it in. (I think there was a Druze pilot that fell in his last year of pilot training). As for ministers; even more bullshit: Ever heard of Raleb Majadele, the Muslim, Israeli Arab that was during Olmert's Government Minister of Science, Culture and Sports? I don't think I need to say much more...

While Iran is on paper a democracy, looking at the flowchart above it's more complex than that. The 'Guardian Council' has veto power on political candidates, a power it exercises often. It is elected by the Parliament (who's members it can veto), the Supreme Commander and the head of Judiciary, which is selected by the supreme commander. Oh, and that same Supreme Commander, he's elected for life. Furthermore the Supreme Leader can even dismiss the president and prevent the legitimation of any law (appointed by assembly) by the institutions under his control, the Guardian Council and the Expediency Council. Slightly more power than Obama has, doesn't he? It's all built in a very confusing way that makes it hard to see that it can easily be controlled by one man who can put his friends in all the right places. Democracy? On paper maybe. In practice, I don't think so!

I'm pretty sure Microsoft does!