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From: sweillam@uw-june (Hisham Sweillam)
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Subject: Re: Middle East, Oil and the costs of Militarism
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Date: Wed, 13-Nov-85 12:22:36 EST
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>From brandx@ihlpl.UUCP (H. D. Weisberg) 
>
>The fact that you ignore is that the Arabs were not kicked out of their homes.
>Middle and upper class left because they could afford to.  

 Why would anyone leave his HOME, just because he can afford it?

>...But tell
>me, what have their Arab brothers done for them.  (Except keep promising
>to drive Jews into the sea).  If the refugee camps were in Israel, I suppose
>you could blame Israel for the living conditions.  But they're in Arab countries

Half of the population in kuwait are palestinians, enjoying a high standard
of living. In Egypt, the palestinians immigrants have special treatment
in immigration status, in admission to schools. To mention a few exaples.
I believe the original question (problem/crime) is these people being
displaced in the first place. One should find out why, how,etc..Not,
divert the question into other issues and questions.
If the case of the palestininas displaced in 48 is too old for people
to check the reason. I believe the west bank arabs case is a recent
one. The US has been objecting the Israeli expansion of settlements
there (by the way this is in violation of the Camp David accord).

>I sincerely hope that someday, Arabs and Jews can live side by side in
>Israel.  Unfortunately, Arabs have to learn to live with Arabs first.

Like you, I also hope that Arabs and Jews could coexist peacfully
in Israel. Unfortunately, the Israelis have to learn to recognize
the rights of the palestinians as people that lived in this land for 
centuries.