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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (1534)	1/2/2003 3:26:07 PM
From: Thomas M.	Respond to of 15987

In fact, Joseph Farah, the editor of WorldNetdaily is Arab-American, and seems to be a big supporter of Israel.. I wonder why?? He is a neo-Nazi Christian, which makes him a natural ally of Israel. Remember Sabra-Shatila? Tom

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (1534)	1/2/2003 5:18:40 PM
From: Elmer Flugum	Respond to of 15987

"Hawk@btw,I'mnotjewish.com" Don't be so hard on yourself, Hawk. len

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (1534)	1/4/2003 3:54:34 PM
From: Elmer Flugum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15987

"Feisal accepted the British Balfour Declaration of Nov. 2, 1917, which afforded recognition to a Jewish national homeland, and agreed with the Zionist delegation stating, "All such measures shall be adopted as we afford the fullest guarantee of carrying into effect the British Government's Balfour Declaration." Emir Feisal confirmed this determination in a March 3, 1919 letter to Harvard Law Professor and later US Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter with whom he wrote: "Our deputation here in Paris is full acquainted with the proposals submitted by the Zionist organization to the Peace Conference, and we regard them as modest and proper. We will do our best, insofar as we are concerned, to help them through. We will wish the Jews a most hearty welcome home." In exchange for Arab recognition of Israel, the allied powers, in 1919, agreed to the eventual sovereignty of almost 20 Arab States, covering vast oil-rich lands, after a period of mandatory oversight by European powers. The Europeans would proceed to draw the borders of their respective mandates and, in essence, create the system of Arab States that would emerge out of the remnants of the old Turkish Ottoman Empire." Did this Faisal sign any legal documents to that effect or was this just talk? The British were good at talking about this and that as it pertained to Palestinian rights and Zionism. The Arabs subsequently rejected a "Jewish" state and never signed on to it. My take is that the Arabs were playing the same game the British were. To insure that the British (and French?) did not usurp the Arabs right to self-determination on their own land, including oil wells, they agreed, verbally, to a "Jewish" state. Afterall, what right did the British or anyone else have to import foreigners and plop them down amongst strangers? len