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- From: astein@nysernet.org (Alan Stein)
- Subject: Re: ACTION ALERT!! An Arab village is to be wiped out
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.023224.18240@nysernet.org>
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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 02:32:24 GMT
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- marwang@caip.rutgers.edu (Marwan Gharaybeh) writes:
-
- >>>Danny, the issue here is that those Arabs of Israel (Palestinians) have been
- >>>living in Ramya for generations.
-
- >>I just asked an Israeli Arab about that, and he pointed out that,
- >>although he wasn't sure exactly how long those Arabs had been living
- >>in Ramya, they were Bedouins and therefore could not have been living
- >>there all that long. His best estimate was maybe 30-40 years. So
- >>much for "living in Ramya for generations."
-
- >Let me correct both of you ... Bedwins usually live in the deserts,
- >and usually they do not have farming as their main buissiness. You
- >would rarely find bedwins in the fertile lands of north galleli,
- >though you might probably find them in southern palestine like the
- >Negev desert ...
-
- Precisely my point, and the point of the Israeli Arab I spoke with:
- Because they were Bedouins, they obviously could not have been there
- for the generations that various anti-Israel propagandists have been
- claiming.
-
- >I think that there is some misunderstanding/forgering on either your
- >part or the one whom you told this story on behalf ... Please clarify.
-
- The misunderstanding is on your part. Consider it clarified.
-
- >DO NOT TRY TO TELL US THAT THE ARABS DID NOT LIVE THEIR FOR GENERATIONS.
- >THEY WERE THERE BEFORE THE EUROPEAN ZIONISTS CAME AND THAT IS A FACT.
-
- Some were; most weren't. There was a tremendous amount of migration,
- both in and out of Palestine and surrounding areas, especially since
- Palestine held no special attraction to Arabs until the Zionist return.
-
- >STOP FALSIFYING VERY WELL KNOWN FACTS.
-
- Excellent advice. I hope you'll start taking it.
- --
- Alan H. Stein ----- AJIN ----- astein@israel.nysernet.org
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