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To: Bilow who wrote (32755)	6/20/2002 11:51:19 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

1) Nadine has also pointed out that several Arab countries (and also non Arabic but Islamic countries) have been kind to the Jews. None lately. Not for several centuries, in fact. Generally speaking, dhimmitude is not enjoyable. Also, the Arab states all Nazified their attitudes in the '30s and never deNazified them. (2) The Jews and Arabs have had an issue going on with each other since the Ottoman Empire. Why should it continue past the end of the conflict? What will make it stop, as long as the Jews are there, showing up the Arabs by their existence and success? (3) The local Christians seem to get along fine with the Palestinians. This is quite untrue. The local Christians, although they are also Arabs, were basically treated by the PA as prey for extortion are emigrating in droves. Bethlehem used to be 80% Christian, I think it's 10% now. (4) It's normal human argument to say that the other side is going to massacre you if they take over. Little comfort if it's true in your case. Judging by what they say, Hamas would not massacre the survivors in the event of victory; they would just expel them. I have heard Hamas spokesmen point out that there's plenty of room in Wyoming for the Israelis. What would be so unusual about this? It's how Arab states normally behave. Significant massacres do happen, but only very rarely in places where there's lots of TV cameramen. All Arab governments limit or control cameras quite strictly. Arafat has always carefully censored film coming out of PA territories, that's why you never saw any pictures of the big pro-bin Laden rallies from last September. Hafez al Assad didn't let any cameras into Hama when he destroyed it. You seem to think that that just because there are a lot of cameras there now, the cameras would remain in the event of a change in government. Not so.