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To: Katelew who wrote (197395)	8/14/2006 9:04:55 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 281500

No, not the same as. Fundamentally different. Even if it was "as bad as" (and it definitely wasn't) it wouldn't be the same thing. Lots of people live in ghettos, are they all slaves? Where the people who worked for the provisional authority in Iraq before the new Iraqi government took over, slaves? Of course not. Slave - Considered to be property. Physically forced to work. Doesn't get paid. None of those apply to the Palestinians who had jobs with the Israels back when any significant number of them had such jobs. They might have been a low paid labor force, but that doesn't make them slaves. They got paid more than many workers in other countries in the area, but even if they didn't "low pay" doesn't equal "slavery".

To: Katelew who wrote (197395)	8/14/2006 9:14:06 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Same as, Tim......living in ghettoes, little employment available except that provided by occupying force.... They weren't in ghettoes, and they had their own working economy. Israel invested in the territories, which Jordan never had. When Jordan ran the West Bank, there were NO banks and NO universities there. They were founded under the Israeli occupation. Under the Israeli occupation, the GDP of the territories grew by over 10% a year, until 1993, when the idiots handed it over to Arafat's tender care, which is just what all the PC diplomats of the world demanded. Since economic development was the LAST thing on Arafat's mind, the GDP has cratered since then. But even today, Ramallah is a pretty normal city with ABOVE AVERAGE Economic activity for an Arab city. Do you actually know ANYTHING about Israel? Not only are your statements ignorant, they are self-satisfied about their ignorance.