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Appalbarry writes:

Courtesy The Intercept.

The Israeli government just released a list of the most popular baby names in Israel. In a move reminiscent of the old South African Apartheid, they SPECIALLY left ALL Muslim sounding names off the list. Only when asked by the Haaretz newspaper why there weren’t any Arab names on the list did government officials admit that the most popular baby name in Israel is in fact "Mohammed", not "Yosef."

The Intercept explains:

The rationale for this is the belief among many Israeli politicians that Jewish-Israelis must constitute a clear majority of the national population, and that any large increase in the population of indigenous Palestinian Arabs (already at 21 percent), sub-Saharan Africans, or other minority populations is potentially a threat to the “character” of the state.

(Oh yeah, Just in case you think that Haaretz is anti-Jewish, their front page also includes Saturday Night Live’s 'Top 10 Jewish Moments'.)