More Distortions from the Washington Post
Charles Johnson
Tue Jul 18, 2006 at 1:49 pm PDT • Views: 221
The Washington Post’s Scott Wilson perpetrates an outrageous falsehood in a piece about Israeli Arabs: In Nazareth, Arab Israelis Now at Risk. (Hat tip: Ryan.)
The roughly 1.2 million Arab citizens of Israel — one-fifth of the population — do not serve in the army, now engaged on the northern and southern borders.
This claim is completely false. Israeli Arabs are not required to serve in the IDF, but many volunteer for service, especially Bedouins and Druze Arabs.
UPDATE at 7/18/06 1:57:55 pm:
Honest Reporting has more about the media’s frequent misrepresentations of this subject: Distorting Israeli Arab Reality.
UPDATE at 7/18/06 2:08:01 pm:
Here’s another look at Women and Minorities in the IDF.
Frank says: