i'm not throwing anything at anybody's face....You were the one who used the words " Down with islam" ,i only quoted you.. As for your definition of democracy, i can't accept it! First of all i wonder if you understand arabic ( Al Manar and arab televisions speak in Arabic...) As for the famous " Palestinian Media Watch" organisation, i have seen a few of their publications, most of the time, they put words in the mouths of people! I'm not saying that there never was racism on Arab TV, but it's not as bad as you picture it! I watch israeli Television Stations, I understand hebrew, i read israeli press and the number of times i found racist ideologies and statements is countless, to me this is not Democracy! Democracy's limit is RACISM! now, can you give me links to articles about Palestinian journalists who got threatned recently ? A Palestinian journalist was stopped on a checkpoint two days ago, the soldier asked him " Is Nasrallah a Dog?'" when the journalist replied " no" they arrested him and kept him at the checkpoint for about 10 Hours, this is Democracy...huh ? Al jazeera director in the occupied territories got arrested 3 times a few weeks ago because he said things that israel didn't want the world to know about....now this is Democracy too ? Bush had a plan to attack Al Jazeera station in Qatar...That's Democracy! Tayseer Alooni , an Arab journalist is currently held at a prison in spain because he had an interview with BenLaden .... that's democracy! Rachel corrie stood in front of a Buldozzer to try and stop the demolishing of a house , the buldozzer didn't stop it's work and smashed Rachel to death! This is democracy ? Arab citizens in israel can't buy some kinds of lands because they are arabs....Maybe this is democracy too....Arabs can't work as security agents in israel, this is probably equality, and i quote you "one race is inherantly better than another"! all of this and i didnt start talking about the violations in the Palestinian occupied territories..... Admit that nobody is perfect and that israel too can make mistakes, as often as DAILY ! live with it and try finding solutions instead of digging Gaps! i know what are the mistakes of my society! i kno that we do have a lot of wierd things but don't worry, it's never as bad as you want to see it! I am a Palestinian Christian, and i never was persecuted by any Palestinian muslim as you might think.... I live the same life as my compatriots! Last week, a soldier stopped me on the " Container" checkpoint at the southern entrance of bethlehem because i WAS smiling! He found my smile offensive! he made me get out of the cab, do his job and collect the ID Cards of the others in the cab, he then insulted me and called me all sorts of names, and made me wait half an hour before letting me go...all of this because i wanted to go to Ramallah and i was smiling! now how democratic is this ? actually if this soldier falls on this Blog on day, i want him to know that I really don't recognize his authority on me and that in my eyes, he is just another clandestine occupying my land for no reason whatsoever ( I'm talking about 1967 lands...) , and my respect to him is close to - 60 .... If it's not him who will read this, i hope other soldiers will! this soldier's attitude is a Shame for the israeli defense establishement, and it's sad to see that From all the soldiers i met on checkpoints, only very few had some humanity....and i mean it VERY VERY VERY FEW so PLEASE give me a break with this " Freedom of speech" thing, if the problem was only FREEDOM OF SPEECH, we would have reached a solution a long time ago....