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is that Israeli culture and the Israeli society are incredibly racist, which ties in directly to their militarism, colonialism and virtually orgasmic joy at labeling most of the entire world as anti-semites. Anyone who has spend some time in Israel, as opposed of going over on an organized propaganda tour, will pick up on this fairly soon. Black basketball players laying professionally in israel are looked at as prize monkeys. Arabs, including Israeli born citizens are considered to be sub-human:the k-12 grade schools are segregated and an Arab trying to get accepted to an israeli university has a slim chance of getting in. An Arab man dating a Jewish woman puts his life at risk. Another manifestation of how racist the Israeli society is can be found at the infamous West Bank check-points. Even those who accept the security justification for the check=points, would be horrified at the sadistic and humiliating manner Palestinians are often treated when attempting to go through them.