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From: jon@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Jonathan Gingerich)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Rajiv Gandhi takes a cue from the ultra-Zionists
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Date: Wed, 18-Dec-85 12:52:46 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 18 12:52:46 1985
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In article <11260@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> lazarus@brahms.UUCP (Andrew J Lazarus) writes:
>...
>The Indian government quelled these riots with an agreement, which,
>according to the newspaper, included these provisions:  1.  Immigrants
>from after 1971 would be expelled from Assam, in some cases back to
>Bangladesh.  This affects between 500,000 and 1 million people.
>(i.e. about the population of the West Bank)  2.  Immigrants from
>between 1966 and 1971 (tens of thousands more) may remain but lose
>the right to vote for ten years.
>
>I look forward to a justification of these events from certain persons
>who criticise the Israeli government for pursuing a rather similar
>(perhaps even more moderate!) policy.....
>...
I'm sure Palestinians would look at the expulsion of post '70 immigrants
and the disenfranchisement of post '65 immigrants from Palestine/Israel as
a good first step! :-) ;-) :-)