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To: Bilow who wrote (116956)	10/15/2003 11:58:09 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

This argument that material advancement would calm angry 2nd class citizens has been heard many times before That's not the argument. The argument is that if Arabs start having a stake in their own lives, control of own situation - which means freedom of ideas, of politics, and of action as well as economic freedom - then they would stop obssessing over Palestine. In places where there have been liberalization, such as Bahrain, it seems to be working that way; even the Sheikhs are more open to the idea, "well let them come to some solution by themselves". 1st class citizen rights would include stuff like the ability to marry someone from Egypt and have them live with you in Israel, just as someone from Israel can marry an American and do the same. Or the right to have family members immigrate to join their relatives already living in Israel. Hate to tell you, but both rights exist already, the first totally, the second partially. It would be good if you knew about the real Israel before you spout off about how "racist" it is. And Israeli Arabs are first class citizens. Mexican Americans who are citizens are first class citizens too; that doesn't mean the US allows free immigration to all Mexicans.