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To: Thomas M. who wrote (2701)	8/12/2001 6:04:48 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 23908

This account of Palestinian refugees conveniently ignores the 500,000 Jews who were thrown out of Arab lands in 1948, who never received compensation for their loss of property. Of course, unlike the Palestinian refugees, they are not sitting in refugee camps with their children and grandchildren, because Israel resettled them as quickly as possible. Something the Arab countries have never done for their Palestinian "brothers".

To: Thomas M. who wrote (2701)	8/12/2001 6:09:56 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 23908

Oh come on Thomas... There isn't ONE Arab nation that hasn't ostracized and oppressed their own local Jewish population, forcing them to flee to Israel or elsewhere. Ever heard of something called the United Arab Republic? That doesn't sound much like they are any intention of including Jews into their society. And I certainly don't see them showing much tolerance for non-Arab residents within their own borders. Look at the oppression the Coptic Christians endure in Egypt. And ONCE AGAIN, what was the first thing an ARAB nation did in the West Bank (the Palestinian Partition)?? They occupied and ANNEXED it. They exploited the local Palestinians for their own benefit over a period of 20 years, never once entertaining the idea of a "Palestinian homeland". It has been the ARABS who have shown a greater imperialist tendency than Israel. And the Egytians occupied the Gaza strip as well, leaving many Palestinians destitute in their refugee camps that were built under the promise that Nasser would throw the Jews out eventually. But when the Israelis occupied Gaza, within months the unemployment rate in the territory dropped to 2%, with many Palestinians finding jobs in Israel. Let's face some facts here... if you were siding with the enemy that was seeking to destroy Israel, I hardly would expect the Israelis to invite you back. You picked your side and you suffered the consequences. Is it fair? Not particularly. But it wasn't fair for Jordan to launch an unprovoked attack in deliberate conspiratorial coordination between Hussein and Nasser in 1967 either. And it wasn't fair for Egypt and Jordan to permit decades of unceasing guerilla warfare from the sanctuary of their borders. Is it right? That's irrelevant. It's reality. Hawk