> 20% of Israelis are Arabs

Does that include the Palestinians, do the Israeli government counts them as people?

They are not Israeli citizens, and therefore not counted under the Israeli populace.

The 20% I referred to are Israeli-Arabs.

> Before you accuse Israel of discrimination, you should consider that 20% of Israelis are Arabs (compare that to 12% of Americans being black) and that Arabs had legal equality in Israel decades before blacks did on America.

Why should that be considered?

Because it’s perceived as an ethno-state while it’s more diverse than most if not Alon oECD countries.

Because it’s been historically progressive in its relationship towards minorities.

Because it’s not like it’s persecuting a tiny group of the population for sport, it’s that there’s a lot of tugging between a minority and majority which are much further apart in culture, religion and traditions than the whites and blacks in America.

Because it’s reasonable to expect that issues appearing in the American societal fabric such as discrimination would show just as much in Israel with its huge proportional minority share.

It’s not that Israel is racist as much as it is that there are discrimination issues in societies everywhere and this is just another instance.