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State Department says Israel 'discriminates'

The U.S. State Department's 2009 Report on International Religious Freedom went almost entirely un-noticed by the international media.

In fact, I missed it entirely too, until the section on Israel suddenly generated some attention in the blogosphere, sometimes from unexpected quarters.

For the first time, the annual survey has accused Israel of "discrimination" against not only Muslims, but Christians and non-orthodox Jews too, and of generating trouble among the groups.

 Both Muslim and Christian Palestinians accused Israeli officials of attempting to foster animosity among Palestinians by exaggerating reports of Muslim-Christian tensions."