This is an outrageous slander as Israel is the ONLY mideast country which allows freedom of religion. It's the ONLY country in the Middle East where the Christian population has INCREASED.
It seems to me that the administration simply threw Israel into the mix for the sake of showing “evenhandedness” in view of all the muslim countries which were listed. Obama must always prove to the muslim world that it does not favor Israel. That’s what this is about. The truth and facts be damned in the name of reaching out to the muslim world.
US State Dept: Israel Similar to Iran, Iraq and Sudancontinue
by Chana Ya’ar
The U.S. State Department under Secretary Hillary Clinton claims that Israel violates religious freedom at the same level as Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Afghanistan and China.
“Religious freedom can be restricted in a variety of ways, from the overt to the subtle,” explains the department’s annual International Religious Freedom Report on 198 countries and territories surveyed by its foreign service personnel, released Wednesday for the period July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009. A wide spectrum of efforts are used to undermine such rights, extending to multilateral, regional and global arenas, the report continues.
Part I of the Executive Summary discusses overall conditions during the reporting period in countries where “violations of religious freedom have been noteworthy.” Israel is listed among 30 nations selected for this category — including Afghanistan, China, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen — due to the emphasis of the Jewish State on maintaining the status quo with regard to respect for Jewish legal standards.
Secretary Clinton Announces the Release of the 2010 International Religious Freedom Report
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