Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihlpl.UUCP Path: utzoo!lsuc!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ihlpl!brandx From: brandx@ihlpl.UUCP (H. D. Weisberg) Newsgroups: net.politics,net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: Middle East, Oil and the costs of Militarism Message-ID: <391@ihlpl.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 14:11:26 EST Article-I.D.: ihlpl.391 Posted: Wed Nov 6 14:11:26 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Nov-85 21:39:15 EST References: <232@cornell.UUCP> <1124@hou2h.UUCP> <17@uw-june> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 32 Xref: lsuc net.politics:1850 net.religion.jewish:1504 > >I think you have a bit of a wrong idea here. > >The Gov't of Israel supply all Arabs living in Israel with Education, social > >programs, and a variety of other social services. If I may add, at a great > >cost to the country. > How generous the state of Israel is to the arabs, which have been living > for centruries in Palestine along with jews that have chosen not to abandon > Palestine. Now, comes the state of Israel and kick the arabs out of their > homes ( or you think that they happen to have a free spirit and would > rather live as refugee in crummy tents? ) and treat them as second (oops, > it should be fourth, since the western jews come first then the eastern > jews then the falashas and then the arabs) class citizen and they're not > graceful that they get some of the leftover, that they're still alive.. 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. And by the way, Israel created educational opportunities for Arabs where there were none before. Israel created universities for Arabs. If anything there are more opportunities for Arabs in Israel now than there ever were in Palestine. Anyone visiting Israel can attest to that. I sincerely hope that someday, Arabs and Jews can live side by side in Israel. Unfortunately, Arabs have to learn to live with Arabs first.