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To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (4981)	11/15/2003 6:10:21 PM
From: Machaon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6945

You wrote:<font color=blue>"What are those "Jewish" families doing there anyway?"<font color=black> MYTH : “The 'traditional position' of the Arabs in Palestine was jeopardized by Jewish settlement.” FACT : For many centuries, Palestine was a sparsely populated, poorly cultivated and widely-neglected expanse of eroded hills, sandy deserts and malarial marshes. As late as 1880, the American consul in Jerusalem reported the area was continuing its historic decline. "The population and wealth of Palestine has not increased during the last forty years," he said. The Report of the Palestine Royal Commission quotes an account of the Maritime Plain in 1913: The road leading from Gaza to the north was only a summer track suitable for transport by camels and carts...no orange groves, orchards or vineyards were to be seen until one reached [the Jewish village of] Yabna [Yavne]....Houses were all of mud. No windows were anywhere to be seen....The ploughs used were of wood....The yields were very poor....The sanitary conditions in the village were horrible. Schools did not exist....The western part, towards the sea, was almost a desert....The villages in this area were few and thinly populated. Many ruins of villages were scattered over the area, as owing to the prevalence of malaria, many villages were deserted by their inhabitants. Lewis French, the British Director of Development wrote of Palestine: We found it inhabited by fellahin who lived in mud hovels and suffered severely from the prevalent malaria....Large areas...were uncultivated....The fellahin, if not themselves cattle thieves, were always ready to harbor these and other criminals. The individual plots...changed hands annually. There was little public security, and the fellahin's lot was an alternation of pillage and blackmail by their neighbors, the Bedouin. Surprisingly, many people who were not sympathetic to the Zionist cause believed the Jews would improve the condition of Palestinian Arabs. For example, Dawood Barakat, editor of the Egyptian paper Al-Ahram, wrote: "It is absolutely necessary that an entente be made between the Zionists and Arabs, because the war of words can only do evil. The Zionists are necessary for the country: The money which they will bring, their knowledge and intelligence, and the industriousness which characterizes them will contribute without doubt to the regeneration of the country." <font color=green> Even a leading Arab nationalist believed the return of the Jews to their homeland would help resuscitate the country. According to Sherif Hussein, the guardian of the Islamic Holy Places in Arabia: The resources of the country are still virgin soil and will be developed by the Jewish immigrants. One of the most amazing things until recent times was that the Palestinian used to leave his country, wandering over the high seas in every direction. His native soil could not retain a hold on him, though his ancestors had lived on it for 1000 years. At the same time we have seen the Jews from foreign countries streaming to Palestine from Russia, Germany, Austria, Spain, America. The cause of causes could not escape those who had a gift of deeper insight. They knew that the country was for its original sons (abna'ihilasliyin), for all their differences, a sacred and beloved homeland. The return of these exiles (jaliya) to their homeland will prove materially and spiritually [to be] an experimental school for their brethren who are with them in the fields, factories, trades and in all things connected with toil and labor.<font color=black> As Hussein foresaw, the regeneration of Palestine, and the growth of its population, came only after Jews returned in massive numbers. Mark Twain, who visited Palestine in 1867, described it as: “...[a] desolate country whose soil is rich enough, but is given over wholly to weeds-a silent mournful expanse....A desolation is here that not even imagination can grace with the pomp of life and action....We never saw a human being on the whole route....There was hardly a tree or a shrub anywhere. Even the olive and the cactus, those fast friends of the worthless soil, had almost deserted the country.” us-israel.org

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (4981)	11/15/2003 6:19:22 PM
From: Machaon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6945

You wrote:<font color=blue>"What are those "Jewish" families doing there anyway?"<font color=black> The State of Israel is one of the wonders of the world. After the Holocaust, it was impossible to believe that the emaciated, poorly armed, small number of Jews would be able to beat back the overwhelming forces of the combined, racist Arab nations. But, not only did the small number of Jews defeat huge Arab military forces, but they also built a great nation and a great democracy. Who do you want in the land of Israel? Do you want an Arab culture of hatred and terrorism? Arab nations teach hatred of Christians, Jews and Hindus in their schools and mosques. Is that what you see as a perfect society? Is that why you are so quick to condemn Jewish people? If Jews were more hateful and racist, like you, would you like Jews?

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (4981)	11/15/2003 6:34:49 PM
From: Machaon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6945

You wrote:<font color=blue>"What are those "Jewish" families doing there anyway?"<font color=black> What are Jews doing in Israel? Here is a sample: "Israeli Innovations in Medical Technology us-israel.org There is virtually no area of medicine to which Israeli devices have not made significant contributions. Cardiology, genetics, neurology and ophthalmology are but a few of the medical sciences benefiting from advanced Israeli technology. From neonatology to gerontology to the latest in telemedicine, Israeli scientists, universities and companies are working to benefit the entire health system, from physician, to patient, to medical administrators and insurers. Israeli medical and biotechnological firsts include state-of-the-art surgical lasers; fully computerized no-radiation diagnostic instrumentation for breast cancer; an intelligent medical sensor that can be used to track and direct instruments to an exact three-dimensional location in the heart or other organs via a real-time virtual image; the fully flexible waveguide fiber for endoscopic surgery; unique computerized monitoring systems for critical care patients; pain-relieving transcutaneous devices; a revolutionary autoclave design to combat AIDS and other infectious diseases; and many more. Three of the biggest commercial plays were scored in medical devices and technologies: ESC and Laser Technologies merged into one company, valued at one billion $US. Medinol’s cardiac stent was purchased by agreement with Boston Scientific Corp.; and Biosense Ltd. was purchased by Johnson and Johnson, each in deals closing at about 400 million $US. No inventions without inventors The most important resource in Israel is its human capital, including the flood of Russian-speaking scientists, engineers and programmers, who immigrated in the 1990s from the former Soviet Union. Many of them excel in math, physics, material sciences and medical electronics. In addition, over the years, close cooperation has developed between medical research institutions and industry. This cross-fertilization has bridged the once impenetrable gap between basic and applied science and has made it easier for innovative technology to arrive at your doctor’s office. Few today would argue against the rapidity of advancements by medical manufacturers, based on the most updated research and development that has taken place in the country’s universities and research institutes.

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (4981)	11/15/2003 6:37:53 PM
From: Machaon	Respond to of 6945

You wrote:<font color=blue>"What are those "Jewish" families doing there anyway?"<font color=black> Israel's Science & Technology — Medical R&D us-israel.org Israel has made significant theoretical and practical contributions to the biotechnology revolution and has developed an advanced infrastructure of medical and paramedical research as well as bioengineering capabilities. Clinical medicine and biomedical research account for over half of all scientific publications. The country's industrial sector has increased its activities in the medical field to capitalize on its extensive knowledge base. Local scientists have developed methods for producing a human growth hormone and interferon, a group of proteins effective against viral infections. Genetic engineering, including cloning, has resulted in a wide spectrum of diagnostic kits based on monoclonal antibodies, along with other microbiological products. Sophisticated medical equipment for both diagnostic and treatment purposes has been developed and marketed worldwide, such as computer tomography (CT) scanners, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems, ultrasound scanners, nuclear medical cameras and surgical lasers. Other recent innovations include a controlled-release liquid polymer to prevent accumulation of tooth plaque; a device to reduce both benign and malignant swellings of the prostrate gland; and the use of botulin to correct eye squint.