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From: tan@ihlpg.UUCP (Bill Tanenbaum)
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Subject: Re: Middle East, Oil and the costs of Militarism
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Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 18:10:33 EST
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> [H. D. Weisberg]
> The fact that you ignore is that the Arabs were not kicked out of their homes.
> Middle and upper class left because they could afford to.  You seem to ignore
> that leaflets were distributed in, for example, Haifa urging the local
> Arab populace to stay put.
> Their so-called leaders were gonna get rid of the Jews quick.
> And it's unfortunate that they left.  I have sympathy for them.  But tell
> me, what have their Arab brothers done for them.  (Except keep promising
> to drive Jews into the sea).  If the refugee camps were in Israel, I suppose
> you could blame Israel for the living conditions.  But they're in Arab countries
> and all the Arab countries do (instead of helping them) is keep them there
> so they have an excuse to kill.
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The above is generally correct, except where it concerns the policy of Jordan.
Alone among the Arab countries, Jordan has routinely granted Jordanian
citizenship to Palestinian Arab refugees, and has integrated most of them into
society, although a minority are still in camps.  You are correct about the
behaviour of the rest of the Arab countries.
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Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL  ihnp4!ihlpg!tan