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the

reco

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dito

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oliti

cal

scen

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ujam

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rael

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ly 1

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May

197

3)

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• T

he S

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l S

truct

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of

Isra

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«...

It

is A

mer

ican

sup

port

whi

ch e

nabl

es

the

pres

ent

lead

ers

of I

srae

l, in

def

ianc

e of

wor

ld o

pi-

nion

to

anne

x an

d en

circ

le A

rab

Jeru

sale

m,

to p

lant

Isra

eli

settl

emen

ts

on l

and

seiz

ed f

rom

th

e A

rabs

,to

pro

long

the

mis

ery

of t

he r

efug

ees

- and

, by

thes

eac

ts,

to m

ake

it ce

rtai

n th

at

ther

e w

ill

be

furt

her

conf

lict

in t

he M

iddl

e E

ast.

»

Thi

rty

Eur

opea

n le

ader

s in

th

eE

UR

AB

IA

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mitt

ee

lett

er

toP

resi

dent

Nix

on-M

ay 1

4, 1

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Ed

i to

nWl

K'

HDR

The

S

ecur

ity

Cou

ncil

dis

cuss

ion

of t

he

Mid

dle

Eas

t co

nflic

t ha

s no

w

com

e to

an

en

d-a

hi

ghly

frus

trat

ing

end.

Pri

or t

o th

e vo

te-t

akin

g st

age,

the

Cou

ncil

had

befo

re

it a

dra

ft

reso

lutio

n s

ubm

itted

by U

.N. r

epre

sent

ativ

es

of n

on-a

ligne

d co

untr

ies.

The

dr

aft

reso

lutio

n st

rong

ly

depl

ored

Is

rael

'sco

ntin

uing

oc

cupa

tion

of t

he

terr

itor

ies

seiz

ed

inth

e Is

rael

i 19

67 w

ar o

f ag

gres

sion

; ex

pres

sed

seri

ous

conc

ern

at I

srae

l's l

ack

of

coop

erat

ion

wit

h D

r.Ja

rrin

g-,

the

Spec

ial

Eep

rese

ntat

ive

of

the

U.N

.S

ecre

tary

-Gen

eral

; an

d de

clar

ed

that

ch

ange

s in

the

occu

pied

te

rrit

orie

s in

trod

uced

by

the

Is

rael

iau

thor

itie

s in

vi

olat

ion

of t

he

polit

ical

an

d ot

her

fund

amen

tal

righ

ts o

f th

e in

habi

tant

s of

the

ter

ri-

tori

es,

wou

ld n

ot b

e re

cogn

ized

. The

res

olut

ion

also

voic

ed t

he c

onvi

ctio

n th

at a

jus

t an

d pe

acef

ul s

olu-

tion

of

the

M

iddl

e E

ast

prob

lem

sho

uld

take

in

toco

nsid

erat

ion

the

legi

tim

ate

aspi

ratio

ns o

f th

e P

ales

-ti

nian

peo

ple.

Fou

rtee

n de

lega

tes

to

the

Cou

ncil,

in

clud

ing

repr

esen

tati

ves

of

perm

anen

t m

embe

rs,

vote

d in

favo

ur

of t

he

reso

lutio

n;

but

the

repr

esen

tati

ve o

fth

e U

nite

d S

tate

s vo

ted

agai

nst

it,

whi

ch

mea

ntth

at t

he r

esol

utio

n w

as v

etoe

d an

d ki

lled

. T

his

veto

by

the

Uni

ted

Sta

tes

repr

esen

tati

ve

did

not

com

e

as a

sur

pris

e to

us.

How

ever

, it

did

conf

irm

a n

umbe

rof

fa

cts,

in

clud

ing

the

foll

owin

g:

(1)

that

the

U.S

. G

over

nmen

t is

nei

ther

int

eres

ted

in t

he J

arri

ng

mis

sion

nor

hi

find

ing

a ju

st a

ndpe

acef

ul

sdlu

tion

to

th

e M

iddl

e E

ast

conf

lict

and

that

al

l ta

lk

by U

.S.

offi

cial

s ab

out

peac

ein

the

Mid

dle

Eas

t is

mer

e de

cept

ion.

(2)

that

the

U

nite

d S

tate

s ap

prov

es

of

Isra

el's

defi

ance

of

the

wor

ld c

omm

unity

and

of

Isra

el's

pers

ecut

ion

of t

he

Ara

bs

livi

ng

unde

r Is

rael

iru

le.

(3)

that

the

rea

l en

emy

of t

he A

rab

peop

le i

s fi

rst

the

Uni

ted

Sta

tes

and

then

Isr

ael,

whi

ch i

s th

eim

med

iate

pe

rpet

rato

r of

Z

ioni

st-i

mpe

rial

ist

crim

es

of

aggr

essi

on

agai

nst

the

Pal

esti

nian

Ara

bs a

nd t

he A

rab

coun

trie

s.

Wit

h th

is n

ew

anti

-Ara

b ve

to

by

the

Uni

ted

Sta

tes

Gov

ernm

ent

and

the

rece

nt

j250

mill

ion

gran

t to

Isr

ael

to c

over

Isr

ael's

mil

itar

y pu

rcha

ses

in t

he

U.S

., th

e A

rabs

eve

ryw

here

sh

ould

kn

oww

ho t

hei

r ar

ch e

nem

y is

and

sho

uld

act

acco

rdin

gly

in r

espe

ct o

f A

mer

ican

inte

rest

s in

the

Mid

dle

Eas

t.

by :

M.

T.

Buj

aira

mi

Wit

h th

e 25

th a

nniv

ersa

ry o

f th

e es

tabl

ishm

ent

of

Isra

el,

ther

e se

ems

to l

oom

a n

ew b

id t

o an

ni-

hila

te

the

Pale

stin

ians

, in

an

atte

mpt

to

eli

min

ate

the

«cor

pus

deli

cti»

of

the

old

crim

e w

hich

w

asco

mm

itte

d in

19

48.

Eve

ryth

ing

in t

he

Mid

dle

Eas

tin

dica

tes

that

the

big

plo

t ag

ains

t th

e P

ales

tini

ans

is a

ppro

achi

ng t

he l

ast

stag

e -

the

stag

e of

phy

sica

lli

quid

atio

n.

Isra

el

seem

s to

hav

e de

velo

ped

a «r

elis

for

the

spec

tacu

lar

«tou

r de

for

ce»

whi

ch t

rigg

ered

the

bloo

dbat

h in

L

eban

on

(Apr

il 1

0) o

n th

e tr

ails

of

the

brut

al

raid

s of

Isr

aeli

co

mm

ando

s w

ho

stru

ckat

the

Pal

esti

nian

s in

the

ver

y he

art

of

Bei

rut.

Iron

ical

ly,

the

Isra

eli

atta

ck w

hich

cla

imed

th

eliv

es o

f a

cons

ider

able

num

ber

of P

ales

tini

ans

took

plac

e on

the

10t

h of

Apr

il,

whi

ch i

s a

sign

ific

ant

day

in t

he P

ales

tine

ca

lend

ar.

It w

as o

n th

e sa

me

day

of

1948

tha

t th

e m

assa

cre

of D

eir

Yas

sin

was

pe

r-pe

trat

ed b

y th

e fa

nati

c tr

igge

r-ha

ppy

Zio

nist

gan

gs,

who

ki

lled

so

me

250

unar

med

P

ales

tini

an

wom

en,

chil

dren

and

old

peo

ple

in c

old

bloo

d an

d in

br

oad

dayl

ight

. Is

rael

's r

aid

into

Bei

rut

on t

he 2

5th

anni

-ve

rsar

y of

the

Dei

r Y

assi

n m

assa

cre

was

mea

nt t

obe

a b

itte

r re

min

der

that

the

Isr

aeli

s w

ant

to f

inis

hth

e «p

roce

ss»

of a

nnih

ilat

ing

the

Pal

esti

nian

s w

hoha

ve s

urvi

ved

the

holo

caus

t of

194

8. T

he g

reen

lig

htsi

gnal

to

go a

head

was

bea

med

fro

m

Was

hing

ton.

Ala

rmed

by

the

wor

seni

ng f

uel

cris

is,

the

U.S

.is

alr

eady

im

plem

enti

ng a

new

pla

n to

ens

ure

the

cont

inue

d fl

ow o

f A

rab

oil.

The

N

ixon

adm

inis

tra-

tion

feel

s th

at

the

need

is

real

ly

so u

rgen

t th

at

itis

im

pera

tive

to

el

imin

ate

any

pote

ntia

l ob

stac

leth

at t

hrea

tens

the

con

tinu

ed f

low

of

oil

in t

he f

ore-

seea

ble

futu

re.

The

situ

atio

n in

th

e M

iddl

e E

ast,

Was

hing

ton

feel

s, i

s pr

ecar

ious

, vol

atil

e, a

nd h

ighl

yex

plos

ive.

The

pro

tect

ion

of t

he h

uge

Am

eric

an i

n-te

rest

s ne

eds

stab

ilit

y in

an

ar

ea

whi

ch

can

bede

scri

bed

as a

nyth

ing

but

stab

le.

Acc

ordi

ng t

o W

ashi

ngto

n, t

he o

nly

way

to

«sta

-bi

lise»

thi

s pa

rt o

f th

e w

orld

is

to u

rge

a to

ugh

cam

-pa

ign

of

«pac

ific

atio

sim

ilar

to

th

e ca

mpa

ign

wag

ed a

gain

st t

he K

orea

ns i

n th

e ea

rly

fift

ies

and

the

Vie

tnam

ese

in t

he e

arly

six

ties!

The

ini

tial

ste

pin

th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of

th

e pl

ans

desi

gned

to

anni

hila

te t

he P

ales

tini

ans

have

alr

eady

bee

n ta

ken.

The

se p

lans

, in

sim

ple

wor

ds,

cons

ist

of d

oing

eve

ry-

thin

g po

ssib

le t

o w

eake

n th

e A

rabs

at

any

cost

, an

dto

str

engt

hen

Isra

el a

nd e

nabl

e he

r to

str

ike

any-

whe

re a

t an

y tim

e.

The

co

nfer

ence

of

Am

eric

andi

plom

ats

in t

he M

iddl

e an

d Fa

r E

ast,

held

no

tlo

ng a

go i

n T

eher

an w

as i

n fa

ct a

mee

ting

of

«rea

lac

tions

int

ende

d to

fac

ilit

ate

putti

ng

the

plan

s in

toef

fect

in

the

fiel

d, n

ot m

erel

y on

pap

er, a

fter

stu

dy-

ing

the

who

le s

ituat

ion,

pr

epar

ing

deta

iled

asse

ss-

men

ts

and

cons

ider

ing

the

role

s of

th

e va

riou

sal

lies

and

clie

nts

who

are

to

cont

ribu

te t

o th

e op

e-ra

tion. Thu

s, I

srae

l is

cal

led

upon

to

deal

wit

h E

gypt

,Sy

ria

and

any

othe

r A

rab

coun

trie

s th

at m

ay g

ive

them

su

ppor

t. Ir

an

is t

o de

al w

ith

Iraq

an

d th

eA

rabi

an g

ulf,

and

the

reac

tion

ary

forc

es i

n Jo

rdan

and

Leb

anon

are

to

deal

wit

h th

e Pa

lest

inia

ns,

wit

hIs

rael

((g

ivin

g th

em a

han

d» s

houl

d th

at t

ask

prov

eto

o di

ffic

ult

for

them

!

As

a su

pple

men

tary

par

t of

thi

s en

tang

led

plot

,A

mer

ica

wan

ts t

o se

e th

e in

ter-

Ara

b co

nflic

ts e

sca-

late

and

pro

life

rate

, w

ith

the

poss

ibili

ty o

f ca

rryi

ngou

t so

me

tric

ks,

by t

he f

ifth

col

umn

or s

ome

C.I.

A.

8

cloa

k-an

d-da

gger

ag

ents

, he

re a

nd

ther

e, i

n or

der

to

faci

lita

te t

he

inva

sion

-fro

m-w

ithin

pr

oces

s.

The

last

res

ort,

whi

ch c

an b

e ca

lled

at a

nyti

me

if a

ny-

thin

g go

es w

rong

, is

of

cour

se,

the

Six

th F

leet

in

the

Med

iter

rane

an a

ssis

ted

by t

he v

ario

us A

mer

ican

sea

and

air

base

s w

hich

sur

roun

d th

e M

iddl

e E

ast

in C

ypru

s, G

reec

e an

d E

thio

pia.

T

hese

ar

e th

ebr

oad

outli

nes

of t

he p

lot

to k

eep

the

Ara

b w

orld

«und

er c

ontro

l)).

In a

ddit

ion

to t

he o

il sh

orta

ge i

n A

mer

ica,

the

rese

ems

to b

e an

othe

r re

ason

whi

ch m

akes

it

nece

s-sa

ry f

or U

ncle

Sam

to

acce

lera

te t

he i

mpl

emen

ta-

tion

of

the

pl

ot.

The

st

ench

of

co

rrup

tion

ins

ide

Am

eric

a,

as

expo

sed

by

the

Wat

erga

te

affa

ir,

isbe

com

ing

an

incr

easi

ngly

unb

eara

ble

head

ache

for

Nix

on a

nd h

is R

epub

lica

n pa

rty.

The

ou

tlet

is

to

dive

rt t

he

atte

ntio

n of

the

A

mer

ican

peo

ple

away

from

it,

tow

ards

an

even

gre

ater

cris

is o

utsi

de A

me-

rica

. H

ence

the

urg

ent

need

to

crea

te s

uch

a cr

isis

;an

d th

e M

iddl

e E

ast

is t

he m

ost

suit

able

are

na i

nth

e pr

esen

t ci

rcum

stan

ces.

The

Mid

dle

Eas

t is

bet

ter

than

Ind

o-C

hina

for

such

pu

rpos

es,

alth

ough

In

do-C

hina

is

not

to

tall

yex

clud

ed f

rom

th

e sc

ene,

in

lin

e w

ith

Nix

on's

fam

ous

styl

e of

((k

eepi

ng

all

optio

ns o

pen»

. Is

rael

in

fact

w

ould

be

only

too

hap

py t

o ob

lige

Unc

le 9

Sam

and

tre

at

him

to

a so

rt o

f sp

ecta

cula

r pe

rfor

-m

ance

to

prov

e th

at i

t is

a «

frie

nd i

n ne

ed.»

For

by

aggr

avat

ing

the

situ

atio

n an

d la

unch

ing

a ne

wla

rge-

scal

e in

vasi

on

of

the

Ara

b co

untr

ies,

Is

rael

wou

ld

kill

seve

ral

bird

s w

ith

one

ston

e an

d su

ithe

r ow

n pu

rpos

es

as w

ell.

Und

er t

he s

ame

old

pret

exts

th

at

wer

e us

ed t

oju

stif

y br

utal

Isr

aeli

acts

of

aggr

essi

on a

nd i

ntim

i-da

tion

, G

ener

al

Day

an

will

co

mpl

ete

the

task

of

gett

ing

rid

of t

he P

ales

tini

ans,

the

«tr

oubl

emak

ers»

of t

he

Mid

dle

Eas

t. H

e w

ill a

lso

be w

agin

g a

«pre

-ve

ntiv

e w

ar»

to f

ores

tall

any

Ara

b at

tem

pt

to r

e-ga

in t

he o

ccup

ied

Ara

b te

rrit

orie

s; a

nd,

who

kno

ws?

he m

ay e

ven

emer

ge a

s th

e he

ro w

ho «

brou

ght

the

Ara

bs t

o th

eir

knee

s!»

Thi

s m

ay

cons

ider

ably

im

-pr

ove

his

posi

tion

as t

he b

est

cand

idat

e fo

r th

e Is

-ra

eli

prem

iers

hip,

a

post

w

hich

ev

eryt

hing

in

Day

an's

care

er

indi

cate

s th

at

it ha

s al

way

s be

enon

e of

his

mos

t co

vete

d am

bitio

ns.

The

se a

re I

srae

l's a

ims

and

lines

of

polic

y no

w-

aday

s. I

srae

l is

in

the

moo

d fo

r a

new

agg

ress

ion

and

wan

ts t

o br

ing

abou

t a

larg

e co

nfla

grat

ion.

The

evid

ence

is

not

hard

to

find

in

the

wor

ds a

nd d

eeds

of

the

Isra

eli

lead

ers

them

selv

es

in b

oth

the

mili

-ta

ry

and

poli

tica

l fi

elds

. Fo

r ex

ampl

e,

ther

e is

ahu

ge m

ilit

ary

buil

d-up

in

the

nort

h al

ong

both

the

10

Syri

an

and

Leb

anes

e fr

onts

. Is

rael

co

ntin

ues

tois

sue

stat

emen

ts

abou

t he

r m

ilit

ary

mig

ht,

the

num

bers

an

d sp

ecia

l fe

atur

es o

f he

r so

phis

ticat

edw

eapo

ns,

both

A

mer

ican

an

d Is

rael

i-m

ade,

or

«new

ly-d

evel

oped

».

Acc

ordi

ng t

o a

rece

nt s

tate

men

t by

Gol

da M

eir,

Isra

el i

s ev

en r

eady

to

go

as f

ar a

s B

ab-e

l-M

ende

b,ne

ar

Sout

h A

rabi

a to

«s

ecur

pass

age

for

Isra

eli

or I

srae

l-bo

und

ship

s.

Acc

ordi

ng

to

the

Isra

eli

chie

f-of

-sta

ff,

Dav

id

Ela

zer,

Is

rael

's ar

ms

are

rea-

chin

g an

d re

ady

to s

trik

e ag

ains

t th

e Pa

lest

inia

nsan

ywhe

re i

n th

e w

orld

.

Thi

s bo

astf

ul

arro

ganc

e, h

owev

er,

is

para

doxi

-ca

lly c

oupl

ed w

ith

anot

her

atti

tude

in

whi

ch I

srae

lon

ce m

ore

trie

s to

pos

e as

the

po

or,

inno

cent

and

peac

eful

la

mb

surr

ound

ed

by

the

sava

ge,

bloo

d-th

irst

y A

rab

wol

ves.

Gol

da M

eir

has

decl

ared

th

atsh

e th

inks

Egy

pt i

s up

to

som

ethi

ng,

may

be a

sur

-pr

ise

atta

ck a

gain

st I

srae

l. G

reat

pro

paga

nda

nois

esco

me

from

bo

th

Isra

el

and

the

pro-

Zio

nist

m

ass

med

ia

abou

t th

e nu

mbe

r of

air

craf

t E

gypt

is

su

p-po

sed

to b

e pr

epar

ing

for

this

alle

gedl

y im

min

ent

Ara

b on

slau

ght.

Isra

el h

as a

lway

s dr

umm

ed u

p su

chno

ises

abo

ut b

eing

thr

eate

ned

in o

rder

to

wag

e va

stde

vast

atin

g ag

gres

sion

s ag

ains

t on

e or

mor

e A

rab

coun

trie

s.

11

In

the

poli

tica

l ar

ena,

Isr

ael

is a

lso

mov

ing

tost

ir u

p a

new

cam

paig

n of

hat

red

agai

nst

the

Ara

bsin

or

der

to p

repa

re

the

nece

ssar

y at

mos

pher

e in

whi

ch h

er c

rim

es a

gain

st t

he .

Ara

bs b

oth

insi

de a

ndou

tsid

e th

e oc

cupi

ed a

reas

, ca

n be

to

lera

ted

and

cond

oned

. Is

rael

cl

aim

s th

at

she

is o

nly

tryi

ng t

opr

otec

t hu

man

ity

from

th

e A

rab

«ter

rori

sts»

an

d«o

utla

ws»

! In

add

ition

s to

tra

ckin

g do

wn

the

Ara

bsan

d ki

llin

g th

em

in

the

stre

ets

of

Eur

ope,

Is

rael

wan

ts t

o pr

opag

ate

a nu

mbe

r of

na

sty

rum

ours

abou

t th

em.

Hen

ce t

he I

srae

li-m

anip

ulat

ed

rum

ours

abou

t th

y al

lege

d pl

ans

of t

he B

lack

Se

ptem

beri

sts

to

«kid

nap»

so

me

mem

bers

of

the

R

oyal

Fa

mili

esof

Sc

andi

navi

an c

ount

ries

. Z

ioni

st

agen

ts

are

also

tryi

ng t

o cr

eate

tro

uble

be

twee

n th

e A

rabs

an

d a

num

ber

oi E

urop

ean

coun

trie

s, n

otab

ly F

ranc

e an

dIt

aly. Is

rael

's re

cent

ly-d

evel

oped

re

lish

fo

r th

e sp

ec-

tacu

lar

can

also

be

seen

in

th

e vi

sit

by «

Que

enE

liza

beth

II»

to

Ash

dot,

whi

ch w

as c

arri

ed

out

toco

mm

emor

ate

Isra

el's

2'5

th a

nniv

ersa

ry,

desp

ite

the

grea

t co

sts

incu

rred

by

the

owne

rs

of

this

gr

eat

luxu

riou

s sh

ip.

Thi

s re

lish

w

as

also

man

ifes

ted

inth

e hu

ge m

ilit

ary

para

de i

n Je

rusa

lem

, ca

rrie

d ou

tin

a p

rovo

cativ

e w

ay t

hrou

gh

the

stre

ets

of t

he o

ldA

rab

sect

ion

of t

he H

oly

city

.

The

U

.N.

prot

ests

an

d pl

eas

of

the

Secu

rity

Cou

ncil

to I

srae

l to

des

ist

from

suc

h ac

tions

w

ere

all

trea

ted

by t

he I

srae

lis

wit

h ar

roga

nt c

onte

mpt

.Is

rael

, un

der

the

Am

eric

an u

mbr

ella

, ha

s th

us c

hal-

leng

ed

the

who

le

of t

he

inte

rnat

iona

l co

mm

unit

yan

d go

t aw

ay w

ith i

t.M

eanw

hile

, in

side

th

e oc

cupi

ed t

erri

tori

es,

the

Ara

b in

habi

tant

s co

ntin

ue t

o su

ffer

fr

om

recu

rren

tca

mpa

igns

of

de

tent

ion,

to

rtur

e, h

ouse

-dem

olit

ions

and

land

con

fisc

atio

ns.

The

re w

ere

also

Isr

aeli

stat

e-m

ents

abo

ut t

he n

eces

sity

to

bene

fit f

rom

the

wat

ers

of t

he L

itan

i ri

ver

deep

ins

ide

Leb

anon

.C

onfr

onte

d w

ith

this

sta

te o

f af

fair

s, t

he A

rabs

are

expe

cted

by

bot

h Is

rael

an

d A

mer

ica

to d

esis

tfr

om

ente

rtai

ning

eve

n th

e fa

inte

st i

dea

of

chan

g-in

g th

e pr

esen

t st

atus

quo

, an

d to

giv

e th

is

stat

usqu

o th

eir

bles

sing

s an

d to

al

low

Isr

ael

to c

hang

eit

into

a p

erm

anen

t fa

it ac

com

pli.

Bec

ause

th

e A

rabs

re

fuse

to

se

ek

«pea

ce»

atth

e ex

pens

e of

the

ir o

wn

terr

itor

y an

d di

gnit

y, t

hey

are

accu

sed

by I

srae

l of

bei

ng b

lood

-thi

rsty

bel

lige-

rent

s! L

ike

Salo

me

in t

he

Bib

le,

Isra

el

wan

ts

the

Ara

bs t

o gi

ve h

er

the

head

of

the

Pale

stin

ian

Re-

sist

ance

on

a si

lver

tra

y.

Shou

ld

they

re

fuse

, th

eyw

ill b

ear

the

cons

eque

nces

of

incu

rrin

g th

e w

rath

of

Zion

up

on t

hem

selv

es,

and

poss

ibly

up

on

thei

rpo

ster

ity

as w

ell.

As

for

just

ice

and

hum

an r

ight

s...

etc,

the

se,

to

Isra

el,

are

mat

ters

of

se

cond

ary

im-

port

ance

, be

caus

e,

to

Isra

el,

the

end

just

ifie

s th

em

eans

! •

12

S. A

nton

ius

ISR

AE

L'S

SIL

EN

T

WA

E

( Ju

ly 1

972

- May

197

3 )

Zio

nist

pr

opag

anda

ha

s re

vers

ed

the

pict

ure

of

the

Isra

eli-

Pal

esti

nian

co

nflic

t, de

pict

ing

the

Pal

esti

nian

A

rabs

as t

he «

terr

orls

ts»

and

the

Isra

elis

as

the

«vic

tim

s» o

f te

r-ro

rism

. T

he f

ollo

win

g ac

coun

t of

Isr

ael's

«si

lent

war

,» c

on-

sist

ing

of t

erro

rist

att

acks

aga

inst

the

Ara

bs -

-Pal

esti

nian

s,Sy

rian

s an

d L

eban

ese-

be

twee

n J

uly

1972

an

d M

ay

1973

prov

ides

fa

cts

reve

alin

g th

e fa

lsen

ess

of t

he Z

ioni

st p

ictu

re.

14

Sinc

e th

e 19

67 w

ar,

the

Isra

elis

ha

ve

kill

edhu

ndre

ds

of

Pal

esti

nian

s,

Egy

ptia

ns,

Syri

ans

and

Leb

anes

e.

The

Z

ioni

st

poli

cy

is

sim

ply

that

th

e«A

rabs

nee

d a

big

stic

k»,

and

that

in

the

m

oder

nw

orld

na

palm

dr

oppe

d w

ith

elec

tron

ic

prec

isio

nfr

om

Am

eric

an

Pha

ntom

s is

th

e m

ost

effi

caci

ous

stic

k av

aila

ble.

If

46 c

hild

ren

less

tha

n 11

yea

rs o

ldar

e bu

rnt

to d

eath

in

a sm

all

villa

ge

scho

ol

in t

heD

elta

in

Egy

pt

(8 A

pril

197

0),

it is

not

bec

ause

the

Isra

elis

mis

took

the

B

ahr

al-B

akr

scho

ol f

or

a m

i-li

tary

in

stal

lati

on

- no

n-ex

iste

nt

in

that

re

gion

-

but

beca

use

they

w

ante

d to

giv

e th

e E

gypt

ians

«

ago

od

less

on»

and

to c

onvi

nce

them

th

at

the

Sin

aiw

as o

ccup

ied

fore

ver.

Whe

n ci

ties

of

Ism

aili

a, S

uez

and

Por

t Sa

id

wer

e bo

mbe

d in

to

dese

rts,

it

was

beca

use

the

Isra

elis

di

d no

t w

ish

to

have

A

rabs

livi

ng

clos

e to

th

e ne

wly

-sei

zed

terr

itor

ies.

So

me

inha

bita

nts

of

thes

e ci

ties

und

erst

ood:

th

ey

left

thei

r ho

mes

to

live

as «

inte

rnal

ref

ugee

s)).

Som

e di

dno

t -

thes

e di

ed u

nder

the

bom

bs o

f th

e P

hant

oms.

Wha

t di

d it

mat

ter

? «T

here

are

to

o m

any

Ara

bsan

yway

», a

s E

zer

Wei

zman

n ha

s so

can

didl

y sa

id.(

l)

So t

he

Isra

elis

lea

ve t

he

Egy

ptia

n de

ad,

a m

e-m

oria

l to

the

Wes

t's i

ndif

fere

nce

and

cont

empt

for

Asi

an

and

Afr

ican

li

ves.

But

th

e P

ales

tini

ans,

th

eSy

rian

s, t

he L

eban

ese,

ar

e tr

eate

d di

ffer

entl

y. T

hey

are

terr

oris

ts,

and

Isra

el

is p

erfo

rmin

g a

serv

ice

to 15

the

wes

tern

wor

ld b

y ki

llin

g th

em.

Th

e P

ales

tin

ian

sar

e cr

imin

als,

al

l of

th

em,

beca

use

they

in

habi

ted

a co

un

try

that

th

e Z

ioni

sts

wan

ted.

T

hey

wer

ed

riv

en

out,

th

ose

who

su

rviv

ed,

and

lay

do

wn

onth

e la

nd

near

est

to

thei

r ho

mes

. T

he

Syr

ians

an

dth

e (L

eban

ese

then

be

cam

e cr

imin

als

by

asso

cia-

tion

be

caus

e th

ey

allo

wed

th

e P

ales

tin

ian

s to

sta

y.T

hey

shou

ld

hav

e dr

iven

th

em

furt

her

aw

ay

from

Isra

el,

to T

urk

ey,

to G

reec

e, a

ny

wh

ere.

But

"be

caus

eth

ey

bec

ame

acco

mp

lice

s th

ey

too

mus

t d

ie -

un

til

they

«l

earn

th

eir

less

on».

And

al

l ar

e m

agic

ally

tr

ansf

orm

ed

into

te

rro-

rist

s -

the

chil

d of

8, r

un

over

by

a ta

nk

on h

is w

ayto

ho

spit

al,

the

wo

man

of

80, t

he p

easa

nt

stru

gg

lin

gin

hi

s to

bac

co f

ield

who

is

of

«mil

itar

y ag

e»,

even

,in

on

e fa

mou

s in

cid

ent,

tw

o co

ws

in

a L

eban

ese

vill

age.

T

he

«ter

rori

sts»

m

igh

t h

ave

dru

nk

thei

rm

ilk,

who

k

no

ws

?

All

th

is

ind

iscr

imin

ate

slau

gh

ter,

w

hich

m

eets

no r

esis

tanc

e b

ecau

se t

he

peas

ants

, th

e ol

d w

omen

and

the

babi

es a

re n

ot

equ

ipp

ed t

o de

al w

ith

Pha

n-to

ms

and

nap

alm

, an

d do

no

t ev

en

have

pr

oper

shel

ters

bec

ause

th

ey

don't

real

ize

that

ev

eryone

is

thre

aten

ed,

all

this

sl

aug

hte

r is

a

refl

ecti

on

ofth

e g

uil

t th

at

the

Zio

nist

s ar

e fo

rced

to

su

ppre

ssin

o

rder

to

li

ve

wit

h th

emse

lves

. T

hey

have

co

m-

mit

ted

a cr

ime

agai

nst

the

P

ales

tini

ans,

an

d if

all

16

the

Pal

esti

nia

ns

are

dead

th

e cr

ime

wil

l no

lo

ng

erex

ist.

The

m

orni

ng

afte

r th

e b

utc

her

y in

N

ahr

al-

Bar

ed a

nd B

adda

wi

refu

gee

cam

ps,

the

Isra

eli

rad

ioco

mm

ente

d in

it

s A

rab

ic-l

ang

uag

e se

rvic

e «.

.. an

dwe

kill

ed

hu

nd

red

s of

th

em

(Pal

esti

nia

ns)

» as

th

etr

ium

ph

ant

con

clu

sio

n to

th

e ne

ws

rep

ort

. A

sth

ough

th

ey

wer

e sp

eak

ing

of r

abb

its.

(2)

It

may

se

em

stra

ng

e in

th

e co

ntex

t of

th

ese

hund

reds

dea

d,

that

w

e sh

ou

ld

tro

ub

le

to l

ist

just

over

th

irty

ca

ses

of

atta

cks

on

Pal

esti

nia

ns.

How

-ev

er,

we

bel

iev

e th

ey

are

sign

ific

ant

for

two

rea-

sons

. Alt

houg

h m

ost

of

the

peo

ple

ac

tual

ly i

nju

red

wer

e to

tall

y in

no

cen

t of

an

y p

oli

tica

l ac

tiv

ity

(pas

tmen

, se

cret

arie

s,

emp

loye

es i

n b

ank

s),

the

in-

tend

ed

vic

tim

s w

ere

all

acti

vely

en

gag

ed

in

the

Pal

esti

ne

stru

gg

le.

The

y w

ere

no

t m

ilit

ary

fig

hte

rs,

but

peo

ple

of

in

tell

ectu

al

stat

ure

an

d m

ora

l in

-fl

uenc

e w

ho

beli

eved

th

at,

once

the

ex

clu

siv

ism

of

Zio

nism

has

bee

n u

nd

erm

ined

, th

e Je

ws

coul

d le

arn

to

reg

ard

Ara

bs

as

hu

man

be

ings

in

stea

d of

an

irri

tati

ng

inco

nven

ienc

e. B

ecau

se t

hese

pe

ople

wer

ere

spec

ted

and

list

ened

to

by

bo

th

Pal

esti

nia

ns

and

wes

tern

ers,

th

ey

con

stit

ute

d a

dan

ger

to

Z

ioni

sm..

By

assa

ssin

atin

g a

few

d

oze

n le

ader

s th

e Is

rael

ise

cret

se

rvic

e h

op

es

to

elim

inat

e th

e ca

taly

sts

soth

e P

ales

tin

ian

peop

le,

left

ru

dd

erle

ss,

wo

uld 17

lear

n to

acc

ept

its

natu

ral

role

of

hew

ers

of w

ood

and

draw

ers

of w

ater

in

th

e oc

cupi

ed

terr

itor

ies.

By

assa

ssin

atin

g a

few

doz

en

wri

ters

and

in

tell

ec-

tual

s th

e Z

ioni

sts

coul

d pr

even

t th

e sp

read

in

the

wes

t of

a

dang

erou

s ne

w

conc

ept:

th

at

the

diff

e-re

nce

betw

een

'the

inna

te s

uper

iori

ty o

f th

e A

ryan

to

the

Jew

' an

d th

e 'd

ivin

ely-

gran

ted

supe

rior

ity

of t

he J

ew

to t

he n

on-J

ew i

s a

diff

eren

ce o

f de

gree

and

not

of k

ind.

The

se

cond

sig

nifi

cant

po

int

is t

hat,

in

kil

ling

thes

e pa

rtic

ular

pe

ople

, th

e Z

ioni

sts

wer

e ob

lige

dto

be

mor

e ci

rcum

spec

t th

an

usua

l. N

o on

e in

th

ew

est

is m

uch

conc

erne

d if

a h

undr

ed

Syr

ian

vill

a-ge

rs a

re

kill

ed

by m

ista

ke,

but

indi

scri

min

ate

me-

thod

s ca

nnot

be

used

in

Sto

ckho

lm

or

Par

is

orR

ome.

«E

xtra

» pe

ople

ca

n be

ki

lled

by

pr

imit

ive

devi

ces

in B

eiru

t or

Cai

ro o

r A

lgie

rs -

the

y ar

e al

-m

ost

cert

ain

to

be

Ara

bs

anyw

ay.

But

in

C

ypru

sor

F

ranc

e m

uch

mor

e so

phis

tica

ted

met

hods

hav

eto

be

used

, so

tha

t th

e pr

ess

and

polic

e of

th

eco

untr

y co

ncer

ned

wil

l no

t be

to

o ex

aspe

rate

d.

Inth

e w

ords

of

the

Isra

eli

mil

itar

y co

rres

pond

ent

ofM

aari

v:

«...

adva

nced

and

sp

ecia

l m

eans

are

ad

op-

ted,

fo

r th

is i

s a

cont

inuo

us a

nd v

ery

diff

icul

t w

ar».

The

Z

ioni

sts

have

bee

n en

cour

aged

by

the

succ

ess

of

this

pol

icy

to c

onti

nue

thei

r ca

mpa

ign.

U

nti

l«t

he

cons

cien

ce

of t

he

civi

lize

d w

orld

», s

o qu

ickl

y

arou

sed

by

the

deat

h of

a w

este

rner

, ca

n al

sost

retc

h to

in

clud

e th

e P

ales

tini

ans

in

the

hum

anra

ce

thes

e as

sass

inat

ions

wil

l co

ntin

ue.

«The

kill

ing

of

Kan

afan

i m

ust

not

be a

n is

olat

ed a

c-tio

n—

Now

, m

ore

than

ev

er

befo

re,

the

Pal

esti

nia

nle

ader

s m

ust

be o

pen

to p

erso

nal

terr

oris

m.

The

kill

ing

of K

anaf

ani

show

s th

at t

his

is p

ossi

ble,

tha

t it

can

be

carr

ied

out,

and

that

it

invo

lves

no

par

ticu

lar

diff

icul

-ti

es. »

(Uri

D

an,

Maa

riv,

Jul

y 1f

t, 19

73)

• Is

rael

i te

rror

cam

paig

n •

(Bef

ore

1972

, roc

kets

fir

ed o

n PL

O

HQ

in

Bei

-ru

t, em

ploy

ees

slig

htly

in

jure

d.

Roc

kets

fi

red

onW

adie

Had

dad'

s ho

me,

inj

urin

g hi

s w

ife

and

chil

d,ba

dly

dam

agin

g ho

use)

.

1819

1972

July

8

Gha

ssan

K

anaf

ani,

no

veli

st

and

edit

or (3

)

July

8

Lam

ees

Naj

m

(his

16

-yea

r ol

d ni

ece)

July

18

Em

ile

Kha

yyat

, R

if

Ban

k em

ploy

eeJu

ly

19

Dr.

A

nis

Say

egh,

di

rect

or

of

Pal

esti

ne

Res

earc

h C

ente

rJu

ly

19

Abu

H

assa

nJu

ly

20

Shaf

iq

al-H

out

July

20

M

arw

an

Daj

ani

July

20

G

hass

an

Kan

afan

i (l

ette

r po

sted

be

fore

his

assa

ssin

atio

n on

Ju

ly

8)Ju

ly 2

4 D

r.

Azm

i A

wad

an

d hi

s w

ife

(Red

Cre

s-

cent

do

ctor

)

July

25

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assa

m

Abu

S

hari

f

Sep

tem

ber

14

Moh

amm

ad

Sha

ath,

L

os

Ang

eles

ac

coun

-

tan

t.

Oct

ober

4

Lib

rair

ie

Pal

esti

ne,

Par

is.

Res

pons

ibil

ity

clai

med

by

M

assa

da(4

)

Mov

emen

t fo

r A

ctio

n an

d D

efen

ce.

Oct

ober

8

PL

O

offi

ce,

Bei

rut

and

guer

illa

of

fice

in

Sha

tila

re

fuge

e ca

mp

Oct

ober

16

Wa'

el

Zua

iter

Oct

ober

25

Abu

K

hali

l (i

n A

lgie

rs)

Oct

obe*

25

Mus

tafa

A

wad

Z

eid

(in

Tri

poli

)

Oct

ober

25

Tw

o L

ibya

n pa

sser

s-by

in

st

reet

as

Z

eid

open

ed

lett

er

bom

b.

Oct

ober

26

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reta

ry

and

anot

her

empl

oyee

of

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-

port

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ort

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k in

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eiru

t

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car

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r bo

mb

lette

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mb

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er b

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lett

er b

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lett

er b

omb

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ed

kill

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sly

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red

hand

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ded

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red

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red,

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sly

21

Oct

ober

26

Egy

ptia

n po

lice

offi

cer

who

che

cked

thr

eesu

spec

ted

lett

ers

at

Cai

ro P

ost

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ice

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ober

29

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uq.

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doum

iO

ctob

er 2

9 H

ayil

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bd

al-H

amid

(i

n C

airo

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ovem

ber

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gypt

ian

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y at

tach

e in

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ondo

nN

ovem

ber

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ar

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resc

ent

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khol

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prec

auti

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whi

le o

peni

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lett

er)

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embe

r 29

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dnan

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mad

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n G

erm

any)

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embe

r 29

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hree

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ploy

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in T

unis

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t O

ffic

e w

hile

sort

ing

mai

lN

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ber

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ad A

wad

alla

h (C

open

hage

n)

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embe

r 4

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dine

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lak

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Fra

nce)

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embe

r th

e Je

wis

h D

efen

ce L

eagu

eha

d se

nt

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PS

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reat

enin

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tion

).D

ecem

ber

8 M

ahm

oud

Ham

shar

i (P

LO

re

pres

enta

tive

Par

is)

1973

Janu

ary

25

Hus

sein

A

bu

Kha

ir,

PLO

re

pres

enta

tive

in C

ypru

s)M

arch

31

Zia

d H

elou

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il 6

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r. B

asel

K

ubai

ssy

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il 1

0 O

n th

e 25

th

anni

vers

ary

of

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r Y

assi

n,th

e Is

rael

i go

vern

men

t de

spat

ched

tw

oas

sass

inat

ion

squa

ds

to

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rut

to

mur

der

som

e P

ales

tini

ans.

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squ

ads

foun

d th

ree

PLO

lea

ders

at

hom

e an

d m

achi

ne-g

unne

d

parc

el b

omb,

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role

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ble

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ble

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st

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ousl

y in

jure

din

jure

d

seri

ousl

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st

one

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ed

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ho

me

elec

tric

ally

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st a

leg

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ed o

n Ja

nuar

y 8

deto

nate

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b in

hot

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pril

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2

them

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th

eir

slee

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y al

so

mac

higu

nned

th

e w

ife

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one

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mis

sel

chil

dren

, w

ho

man

aged

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in

dow

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fire

es

cape

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d ki

lled

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el

derl

y jt

,.

lady

w

ho w

as

stay

ing

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the

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e ap

art

men

t bu

ildi

ng.

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ther

m

urde

r sq

kill

ed

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anes

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op-k

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ppar

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st

for

fun)

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d fl

v

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esti

nian

gu

eril

las

in

a ba

ttle

. X

hm

ost(

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vici

ous

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h ca

me

in

the

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elis

' tr

eatm

ent

of

the

dead

bo

dy o

f on

e

of

the

lead

ers:

be

caus

e he

w

as

offic

ial

spok

esm

an,

they

pu

mpe

d a

mag

azin

e of

cart

ridg

es i

nto

his

mou

th;

beca

use

he w

asa

Chr

isti

an,

they

ar

rang

ed

his

body

in

the

form

of

a

cruc

ifix

ion.

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amm

ad

Yus

if

Naj

jar

Mrs

. Y

usif

N

ajja

rK

amal

A

dwan

Kam

al

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ser

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O

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okes

man

)

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ada

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hrut

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ales

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tem

ber,

197

2. W

eizm

ann

is h

ead

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the

lim

it p

arty

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el.

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m.,

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ruar

y 21

, 19

73I'n

less

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erw

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ed,

the

crim

es

occu

rred

in

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rut.

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wis

h S

tude

nts

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nt'ti

c se

cond

na

stie

st

aspe

ct

was

pe

rhap

s th

at

of

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k T

imes

, w

hich

aft

er

mon

ths

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anct

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ious

r at

Pal

esti

nian

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lenc

e,

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d th

e Is

rael

i S

tate

's

len-P

oli

cy-b

y.m

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er

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mag

inat

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il 1

0A

pril

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il 10

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il 1

0

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2

them

in

th

eir

slee

p.

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y al

so

mac

hine

-gu

nned

th

e w

ife

of

one

(but

m

isse

d th

ech

ildr

en,

who

man

aged

to

sh

in

dow

n th

eA

re

esca

pe)

and

kille

d an

el

derl

y It

alia

nla

dy

who

was

sta

ying

in

th

e sa

me

apar

t-m

ent

buil

ding

. A

noth

er

mur

der

squa

dki

lled

tw

o L

eban

ese

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-kee

pers

in

th

eir

beds

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ppar

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y ju

st

for

fun)

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d fi

veP

ales

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mos

t(5)

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ciou

s to

uch

cam

e in

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e Is

ra-

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ent

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he

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e le

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s:

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man

, th

ey

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ped

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agaz

ine

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rtri

dges

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to

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th;

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use

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asa

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isti

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they

arr

ange

d hi

s bo

dy i

n th

efo

rm

of

a cr

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mad

Y

usif

N

ajja

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rs.

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if

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jar

Kam

al A

dwan

Kam

al

Nas

ser

(PL

O

offi

cial

sp

okes

man

)

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. N

ada

Yas

hrut

i (P

ales

tinia

n W

omen

'sL

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e)

sunn

ed

dow

n in

hi

s be

d ki

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ed

dow

n in

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r be

d ki

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gunn

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n in

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s be

d ki

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gni'r

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n in

hi

s ap

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men

tam

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ed

by

3 m

en

with

ki

lled

mac

hine

-gun

s at

en

tran

ce

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r ap

artm

ent

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(1)

Haa

retz

, 25

Sep

tem

ber,

197

2. W

eizm

ann

is h

ead

of

the

Her

ut p

arty

in

Isra

el.

(2)

8.30

a.m

., F

ebru

ary

21,

1973

(3)

Unl

ess

othe

rwis

e st

ated

, th

e cr

imes

occ

urre

d in

B

eiru

t.(*

) T

he J

ewis

h S

tude

nts

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nt(5

) T

he

seco

nd

nast

iest

as

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w

as

perh

aps

that

of

th

eN

ew Y

ork

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es,

whi

ch a

fter

m

onth

s of

sa

nctim

onio

usho

rror

at

P

ales

tini

an v

iole

nce,

ca

lled

the

Isra

eli

Sta

te's

fore

ign-

polic

y-by

-mur

der

«bri

llia

nt»,

«i

mag

inat

ive»

an

d«d

arin

g-».

Pro

f. L

ajpa

t R

ai

TH

E

SOC

IAL

STR

UC

TU

RE

OF

ISR

AE

L

The

'i'-

st c

ruci

al c

hara

cter

isti

c of

Isr

aeli

soc

iety

is

that

it

is

a so

ciet

y of

im

mig

rant

s. I

n 19

68

the

adul

t (1

5 ye

ars

ana

over

) Je

wis

h

popu

lati

on

of

Isra

el

cons

iste

d

of

1.7

mill

icu

peop

le

of

who

m

34%

wer

e Is

rael

i bo

rn

and

only

4%

01 I

srae

li pa

rent

s. I

n s

uch

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ocie

ty c

lass

es t

hem

selv

es,

not

to m

enti

on c

lass

con

scio

usne

ss,

are

still

in

a f

orm

ativ

est

age.

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his

is

beca

use

an i

mm

igra

nt

has

a m

enta

lity

of«h

avin

g tu

rned

a n

ew p

age

in I

ife,

»

26

Wit

h th

e ch

ange

in g

eogr

aphy

, so

cial

env

iron

men

tan

d of

ten

occu

pati

on th

e im

mig

rant

ten

ds t

o be

com

eob

livio

us o

f th

e so

cial

rol

e an

d cl

ass.

See

ing

that

all

the

adva

ntag

eous

pos

itio

ns

in

the

new

so

ciet

yar

e he

ld

by t

he e

arli

er

incu

mbe

nts,

his

te

nden

cyis

to

clim

b th

e so

cial

lad

der

thro

ugh

sust

aine

d ha

rdw

ork.

He

finds

hi

s so

cial

rol

e as

tra

nsit

iona

l an

dco

nsid

ers

his

soci

al p

osit

ion

mor

e in

te

rms

of

his

ethn

ic a

nd g

eogr

aphi

cal o

rigi

ns,

rath

er t

han

in c

lass

term

s.

Such

a

soci

al

cons

ciou

snes

s is

obv

ious

ly

aba

rrie

r hi

nder

ing

the

wor

king

cl

ass

from

pl

ayin

gan

ind

epen

dent

rol

e, l

et a

lone

a r

evol

utio

nary

ro

leai

min

g at

a

tota

l tr

ansf

orm

atio

n of

so

ciet

y.

No

wor

king

cl

ass

can

play

a

revo

luti

onar

y ro

le

in a

soci

ety

whe

n th

e m

ajor

ity

of

its

mem

bers

de

sire

to

impr

ove

thei

r si

tuat

ion

indi

vidu

ally

w

ithin

th

eex

isti

ng s

ocia

l fr

amew

ork,

by

leav

ing

the

rank

s of

thei

r cl

ass.

It w

ould

, the

refo

re,

be f

util

e in

the

nea

r fu

ture

to e

xpec

t an

eff

ectiv

e ro

le f

rom

the

Isr

aeli

wor

king

clas

s or

eve

n to

hop

e fo

r a

mea

ning

ful

acti

vity

in-

side

its

cla

ss p

roce

edin

g fr

om t

he s

ame

assu

mpt

ions

and

expe

ctat

ions

th

at

appl

y in

a

clas

sic

capi

tali

stso

ciet

y. The

sec

ond

impo

rtan

t fe

atur

e of

Isr

aeli

soci

ety

is t

hat

it w

as a

nd i

s a

colo

nial

ism

; th

at i

ts s

ettl

ers

cam

e to

Pal

estin

e,

seiz

ed

or b

ough

t la

nd

and

de-

cide

d to

liv

e th

ere.

Thi

s so

ciet

y in

clud

ing

its w

ork-

ing

clas

s w

as t

hus

shap

ed t

hrou

gh a

pro

cess

of

colo

-ni

zatio

n. T

his

proc

ess

whi

ch h

as b

een

goin

g on

for 27

the

last

ei

ghty

yea

rs

was

not

ca

rrie

d ou

t in

a v

a-cu

um,

but

in a

cou

ntry

pop

ulat

ed w

ith o

ther

peo

ple,

and

at t

heir

cos

t.

Thi

s pe

rman

ent

conf

lict

betw

een

the

sett

lers

'so

ciet

y an

d th

e in

dige

nous

di

spla

ced

Pale

stin

ian

Ara

bs h

as n

ever

st

oppe

d an

d ha

s sh

aped

th

e ve

ryst

ruct

ure

of I

srae

li so

ciol

ogy,

pol

itic

s an

d ec

ono-

mic

. In

a f

amou

s sp

eech

at

the

buri

al o

f a

Kib

butz

mem

ber

kill

ed b

y th

e Pa

lest

inia

n gu

erri

llas

in

1956

,G

ener

al D

ayan

dec

lare

d:

«We

are

a se

ttle

rs'

gene

rati

on

and

wit

hout

th

e st

eel

helm

et

we

cann

ot

plan

t a

tree

or

bui

ld

a ho

use.

.. It

is

our

gene

rati

on's

de

stin

y,

over

lif

e's

alte

rnat

ive,

to

be

prep

ared

an

d ar

med

, st

rong

an

d ha

rsh.

L

et

the

swor

d dr

op f

rom

ou

r fi

st a

nd o

ur l

ife

wil

l ce

ase

(1)

And

lik

e al

l te

rrit

oria

l co

loni

alis

ms,

Isr

aeli

one

too

is b

ased

on

expa

nsio

nism

. In

a

TV

in

terv

iew

give

n to

Sid

ney

Gru

sen

of N

ew Y

ork

Tim

es,

Mos

heD

ayan

an

swer

ed

the

ques

tion

:

Is i

t po

ssib

le

that

Isra

el

shou

ld a

bsor

b th

e la

rge

num

ber

of

Ara

bsw

hose

ter

rito

ry

it ha

d ga

ined

co

ntro

l of

, in

th

efo

llow

ing

wor

ds

:

«Eco

nom

ical

ly w

e ca

n,

but

it i

s no

t in

acc

ord

wit

h ou

rai

ms

for

the

futu

re.

It

wou

ld

turn

Is

rael

in

to

a bi

~na

tion

al

or a

pol

y-Je

wis

h A

rab

stat

e an

d w

e w

ant

toha

ve

a Je

wis

h st

ate.

We

can

abso

rb

them

, bu

t it

wou

ldn'

t be

in

the

sam

e co

untr

y ...

We

wan

t a

Jew

ish

stat

e li

ke t

he F

renc

h w

ant

a F

renc

h st

ate.

»(2)

So Z

ioni

sm

is

also

te

rrit

oria

l ex

pans

ioni

sm.

28

From

th

is p

olic

y al

one,

the

Pal

esti

nian

Ara

bs w

hoha

ve b

een

depr

ived

of

the

ir

land

s,

thei

r liv

elih

ood

and

thei

r co

untr

y ar

e en

title

d to

wag

e a

patr

ioti

cw

ar a

gain

st t

he I

srae

li r

egim

e, a

nd b

y an

y an

alys

isre

volu

tion

arie

s an

d ra

dica

ls

mus

t su

ppor

t th

em,

atle

ast

unti

l th

ey h

ave

gain

ed t

heir

rig

ht o

f se

lf-d

eter

-m

inat

ion.

Mar

x di

ctum

tha

t «a

peo

ple

oppr

essi

ng a

noth

erca

nnot

its

elf

be f

ree»

is

not

mer

ely

a m

oral

jud

ge-

men

t. H

e m

eant

th

at i

n a

soci

ety

who

se r

uler

s op

-pr

ess

anot

her

peop

le,

the

expl

oite

d cl

ass

whi

chdo

es n

ot a

ctiv

ely

oppo

se t

his

oppr

essi

on i

nevi

tabl

ybe

com

es a

n ac

com

plic

e in

it.

Eve

n w

hen

this

cla

ssdo

es n

ot

dire

ctly

ga

in a

nyth

ing

from

th

is

oppr

es-

sion

, it

beco

mes

sus

cept

ible

to

the

ill

usio

n th

at

itsh

ares

a

com

mon

int

eres

t w

ith

its

own

rule

rs

inpe

rpet

uati

ng

its

oppr

essi

on.

Such

a

clas

s te

nds

totr

ail

behi

nd i

ts o

wn

expl

oite

rs r

athe

r th

an c

hall

enge

thei

r ru

le.

The

exp

erie

nce

of f

ifty

yea

rs d

oes

not

cont

ain

a si

ngle

exa

mpl

e of

Isr

aeli

wor

kers

bei

ng e

ffec

tivel

ym

obili

zed

on m

ater

ial

or t

radi

tion

al i

ssue

s to

cha

l-le

nge

the

Isra

eli

regi

me

itse

lf.

On

the

cont

rary

th

eIs

rael

i w

orke

rs

near

ly

alw

ays

put

thei

r na

tion

allo

yalt

ies

befo

re

thei

r cl

ass

loya

lties

. T

his

may

chan

ge i

n th

e fu

ture

but

fo

r th

e pr

esen

t th

is

is a

real

ity,

whi

ch c

anno

t be

ign

ored

by

the

Pale

stin

ian

revo

lutio

nari

es

in f

ram

ing

thei

r st

rate

gy a

nd t

actic

s.

The

thi

rd c

ruci

al f

acto

r of

Isr

aeli

soci

ety

is t

heet

hnic

cha

ract

er o

f th

e Is

rael

i pr

olet

aria

t. T

he m

a- 29

jori

ty o

f th

e m

ost

expl

oite

d st

rata

wit

hin

the

wor

k-in

g cl

ass

are

imm

igra

nts

for

Asi

a an

d A

fric

a. (3

) A

tfi

rst

sigh

t it

mig

ht a

ppea

r as

if

repu

diat

ion

of c

lass

divi

sion

s by

et

hnic

di

visi

ons

mig

ht

shar

pen

inte

r-na

l cl

ass

conf

lict

wit

hin

Isra

eli

soci

ety.

Yet

thi

s ha

sno

t be

en s

o. T

heir

di

scon

tent

has

not

bee

n di

rect

edag

ains

t th

eir

cond

itio

ns

as p

role

tari

ans,

but

aga

inst

thei

r co

ndit

ion

as '

orie

ntal

s'.

In m

id-s

ixti

es,

two-

thir

ds

of

thos

e do

ing

uns-

kill

ed

wor

k w

ere

orie

ntal

s;

38%

of

th

e or

ient

als

live

d th

ree

or m

ore

peop

le t

o a

room

, w

here

as o

nly

1% o

f th

ose

from

Eur

ope

did

so;

and

in t

he K

ness

eton

ly

16 o

f th

e 12

0 m

embe

rs

wer

e or

ient

als

befo

re19

65 a

nd o

nly

21 a

fter

it.

(4)

How

ever

, la

ckin

g cl

ass

cons

ciou

snes

s, t

he o

rien

-ta

l w

orke

r in

terp

rets

th

eir

cond

itio

ns

in

eth

nic

term

s.

«I

am

expl

oite

d an

d di

scri

min

ated

ag

ains

tbe

caus

e I

am

an

orie

ntal

,))

he

says

, «n

ot

beca

use

I am

a w

orke

r.))

Mor

eove

r, i

n th

e pr

esen

t co

ntex

t of

the

Is

rael

iso

ciet

y th

e or

ient

al

wor

kers

ar

e a

grou

p w

hose

equi

vale

nt w

ould

be

the

«poo

r w

hite

s» o

f th

e U

.S:

Suc

h gr

oups

res

ent

bein

g id

enti

fied

w

ith

Ara

bs,

blac

ks

and

nati

ves,

who

ar

e co

nsid

ered

«i

nfer

ior»

by t

hese

set

tler

s. T

heir

res

pons

e is

to

side

wit

h th

em

ost

reac

tion

ary

char

acte

rist

ic

and

raci

alis

t el

e-m

ents

in

the

esta

blis

hmen

t;

mos

t su

ppor

ters

of

the

sem

i-F

asci

st

Her

ut

Par

ty

are

/Jew

ish

imm

igra

nts

from

Asi

a an

d A

fric

a.

30

Thi

s fa

ct s

houl

d be

rem

embe

red

by t

hose

who

sere

volu

tion

ary

stra

tegy

is

ba

sed

upon

a

futu

real

lian

ce o

f A

rab

Pal

esti

nian

s an

d th

e O

rien

tal

Jew

s,w

heth

er

on

the

basi

s of

th

eir

com

mon

ex

ploi

ted

cond

itio

n or

on

the

basi

s of

a c

ult

ura

l af

fini

ty

they

mig

ht

supp

osed

ly h

ave

as

a re

sult

of

the

O

rien

tal

Jew

s ha

ving

com

e fr

om

Ara

b co

untr

ies.

A u

niq

ue

char

acte

rist

ic o

f Is

rael

i so

ciet

y is

tha

tit

bene

fits

fr

om

un

iqu

e pr

ivil

eges

. It

en

joys

an

in

-fu

se

of m

ater

ial

reso

urce

s fr

om

the

outs

ide

of

un-

para

llel

led

qu

anti

ty a

nd q

uali

ty.

It h

as b

een

calc

u-la

ted

that

in

19

68,

Isra

el

rece

ived

10

%

of

all

aid

give

n to

the

un

der-

deve

lope

d co

untr

ies.

(5)

«Isr

ael

is a

uni

que

case

in

the

Mid

dle

Eas

t; i

tis

fin

ance

d b

y im

peri

alis

m w

itho

ut b

eing

eco

nom

i-ca

lly e

xplo

ited

by

it,»

says

N.

Hal

evi,

an

Isra

eli

eco-

nom

ist.

Acc

ordi

ng t

o H

alev

i,

duri

ng

the

17 y

ears

,19

49-6

5,

Isra

el

rece

ived

*6

bill

ion

mor

e of

im

port

sof

go

ods

and

serv

ices

th

an

she

expo

rted

. F

or

the

21 y

ears

194

8-67

, th

e im

port

sur

plus

was

in

ex

cess

of

7-1/

2 bi

llio

n do

llar

s.

Thi

s m

eans

an

ex

cess

of

som

e *2

650

per

pers

on

duri

ng

21 y

ears

fo

r ev

ery

pers

on w

ho l

ived

in

Is

rael

(w

ith

in

the

pre-

June

,19

67 b

orde

rs)

at

the

end

of 1

968.

An

in t

his

supp

lyfr

om

abro

ad

only

abo

ut 3

0% c

ame

to I

srae

l un

der

cond

itio

ns w

hich

ca

ll

for

a re

turn

ou

tflo

w

of d

ivi-

dend

s,

inte

rest

or

ca

pita

l. T

his

is

a ci

rcum

stan

cew

itho

ut

para

llel

el

sew

here

, w

hich

se

vere

ly

lim

its

the

sign

ific

ance

of

Is

rael

i de

velo

pmen

ts

as

anex

ampl

e to

oth

er

deve

lopi

ng c

ount

ries

.

31

Ove

r 70

% o

f th

is §

7-1/

2 bi

llio

n de

fici

t w

as c

ove-

red

by

net

unil

ater

al

capi

tal

tran

sfer

s. T

hey

con-

sist

ed

of

dona

tion

s ra

ised

by

th

e U

nite

d Je

wis

hA

ppea

l, re

para

tion

s fr

om

Ger

man

go

vern

men

t an

dgr

ants

by

U

S go

vern

men

t. 30

%

cam

e fr

om

long

-te

rm

capi

tal

tran

sfer

s—Is

rael

i go

vern

men

t bo

nds,

loan

s by

for

eign

go

vern

men

ts,

fore

ign

capi

tali

st i

n-ve

stm

ent,

and

wor

ld

Jew

ry.

In

othe

r w

ords

th

egr

owth

of

Is

rael

i ec

onom

y w

as

base

d en

tire

ly

onth

e in

flow

of

capi

tal

from

ou

tsid

e, m

ainl

y fr

om

the

Uni

ted

Sta

tes

and

Bri

tain

.

If

impe

rial

ism

fin

ance

s Is

rael

to

th

is

fant

asti

cex

tent

w

itho

ut e

xplo

itin

g it

ec

onom

ical

ly,

wha

tdo

es i

t ge

t in

re

turn

. T

he

ques

tion

was

an

swer

edby

the

edi

tor

of t

he d

aily

pap

er H

a'ar

etz

as f

ar b

ack

as i

n 19

51:

«Isr

ael

has

been

gi

ven

a ro

le

not

unlik

e th

at

of

aw

atch

dog-

. O

ne n

eed

not

fear

th

at

it

will

ex

erci

se

anag

gres

sive

pol

icy

tow

ards

the

Ara

b st

ates

if

it w

ill c

on-

trad

ict

the

inte

rest

of

U

SA

and

Bri

tain

. B

ut

shou

ldth

e W

est

pref

er,

for

one

reas

on o

r th

e ot

her,

to

cl

ose

its

eyes

, on

e ca

n re

ly

on

Isra

el

to

puni

sh

seve

rely

thos

e of

ne

ighb

ouri

ng'

stat

es

who

se

lack

of

m

anne

rsto

war

ds

the

Wes

t ha

s ex

eede

d th

e pr

oper

li

mit

s.»(

7)

In t

he e

arly

fif

ties

the

anti

-im

peri

alis

t st

rugg

lein

tens

ifie

d th

roug

hout

the

A

rab

wor

ld.

Bri

tain

, al

-re

ady

too

wea

k to

de

fend

it

s ol

d po

siti

on,

had

toac

cept

US

dom

inan

ce i

n th

is

part

of

the

w

orld

as

in o

ther

s.

The

se

two

impe

rial

ist

pow

ers

trie

d to

cr

eate

32

a m

ilit

ary

alli

ance

of

Mid

dle

Eas

tern

co

untr

ies

tose

rve

as a

lin

k in

the

cha

in

of a

nti-

Sov

iet

allia

nces

stre

tchi

ng

from

Sc

andi

navi

a to

K

orea

, an

d to

stre

ngth

en W

este

rn d

omin

atio

n in

the

Mid

dle

Eas

t.T

his

polic

y en

coun

tere

d gr

eat

diff

icul

ties

be

caus

eof

the

op

posi

tion

of

the

Ara

b m

asse

s an

d th

e re

fu-

sal

of t

he E

gypt

ian

and

Syr

ian

gove

rnm

ents

to

par-

tici

pate

in

the

mil

itar

y pa

cts.

The

Isr

aeli

gove

rnm

ent

on t

he

othe

r ha

nd w

asal

way

s to

o w

illi

ng

to p

arti

cipa

te

in

such

sc

hem

es,

not

only

be

caus

e of

the

tr

adit

iona

l li

nks

betw

een

Zio

nism

an

d im

peri

alis

m,

but

also

(a

nd m

ore

spe-

cifi

cally

) be

caus

e of

Isr

ael's

adh

eren

ce

to t

he

stat

usqu

o w

hich

mad

e it

a na

tura

l al

ly o

f im

peri

alis

m—

anal

ly w

ho id

enti

fied

his

ow

n na

tion

al in

tere

sts—

inde

edhi

s ve

ry

exis

tenc

e—w

ith

the

impe

rial

ist

pres

ence

in t

he

Mid

dle

Eas

t.

The

ent

ire

Isra

eli

econ

omy

is f

ound

ed

on

the

spec

ial

poli

tica

l an

d m

ilit

ary

role

w

hich

Z

ioni

smfu

lfils

in

th

e M

iddl

e E

ast

as

a w

hole

. If

Is

rael

is

view

ed i

n is

olat

ion

from

the

res

t of

the

Mid

dle

Eas

t,th

ere

is n

o ex

plan

atio

n fo

r th

e fa

ct t

hat

70%

of

the

spec

ial

infl

ow i

s no

t in

tend

ed f

or e

cono

mic

gai

n an

dno

t su

bjec

t to

co

nsid

erat

ions

of

pr

ofit

abil

ity.

But

the

prob

lem

is

im

med

iate

ly

solv

ed

whe

n Is

rael

is

cons

ider

ed a

s a

com

pone

nt o

f th

e M

iddl

e E

ast.

The

fac

t th

at a

con

side

rabl

e pa

rt

of i

ts m

oney

com

es

from

do

nati

ons

rais

ed

by

Zio

nist

s am

ong

Jew

s al

l ov

er t

he w

orld

do

es n

ot a

lter

its

bei

ng a

subs

idy

by i

mpe

rial

ism

. W

hat

mat

ters

is

ra

ther 33

the

fact

tha

t th

e U

.S.

trea

sury

is

wil

ling

to

cons

ider

thes

e fu

nds,

ra

i'sed

in

U.S

. fo

r in

com

e ta

x ex

emp-

tion

s.

The

se d

onat

ions

de

pend

on

th

e go

odw

ill

ofU

S

trea

sury

an

d it

is

on

ly

reas

onab

le

to

assu

me

that

thi

s go

odw

ill

wil

l no

t co

ntin

ue w

ere

Isra

el t

ore

fuse

th

e ro

le

of

a w

atch

dog

of U

S in

tere

sts

in

this

are

a.

li i

s ob

viou

sly

in

the

inte

rest

of

Isr

ael

to d

e-ve

lop

rela

tion

s w

ith

Afr

o-A

sian

re

gim

es,

to

forg

eec

onom

ic

ties

w

ith

them

an

d to

st

reng

then

pr

o-Is

rael

i in

flue

nce

ther

e.

At

the

sam

e ti

me

US

im

-pe

rial

ism

of

ten

find

s it

m

ore

conv

enie

nt t

o fu

nnel

its

aid

thro

ugh

the

«thi

rd c

ount

ry»

tech

niqu

e, r

ath

erth

an d

irec

tly

orga

nise

aid

act

ivit

y w

hich

has

com

eun

der

clou

d re

cent

ly

in m

any

par

ts o

f th

e w

orld

.

Th

e ac

tivi

ties

of

the

Is

rael

i tr

ade

unio

n H

ista

-dr

ut

thro

ugh

its

so-c

alle

d A

fro-

Asi

an

Inst

itut

e ar

ew

orth

not

ing.

The

In

stit

ute

crea

ted

in

1960

ha

sbe

com

e an

im

port

ant

link

in

its

int

erna

tion

al a

cti-

vity

. U

pto

1969

, it

«t

rain

ed»

over

20

00

dele

gate

sfr

om

trad

e un

ions

and

co

-ope

rati

ves,

fro

m

85 A

fro-

Asi

an

and

Lat

in

Am

eric

an

coun

trie

s.

It

orga

nise

sse

min

ars

and

wor

ksho

ps i

n va

riou

s A

sian

and

A

fri-

can

coun

trie

s, f

orge

s po

liti

cal

and

trad

e un

ion

link

san

d in

dulg

es

in

subt

le

pro-

Isra

eli

prop

agan

da.

Itw

as

the

form

er

stud

ents

of

th

e in

stit

ute,

now

oc-

cupy

ing

high

pos

itio

ns i

n th

eir

resp

ecti

ve

coun

trie

sth

at t

ook

init

iati

ve t

o or

gani

se t

hese

sem

inar

s. S

ome

of

the

coun

trie

s w

here

th

ese

sem

inar

s w

ere

held

are:

Nig

eria

(t

wic

e),

Dah

omay

, T

ogo,

Ivo

ry

Coa

st,

34

Lib

eria

, S

inga

pore

, S

outh

K

orea

(t

wic

e),

Cey

lon,

Indi

a an

d N

epal

. In

19

70 a

lone

, it

s pr

ogra

mm

e of

,ser

nina

rs a

nd w

orks

hops

ex

tend

ed t

o su

ch c

ount

ries

as S

waz

ilan

d,

Les

otho

, B

otsw

ana,

Z

ambi

a,

Sin-

gapo

re,

Hon

g K

ong,

Sou

th K

orea

, et

c.

Geo

rge

Mea

ny,

that

ou

tsta

ndin

g co

llab

orat

orof

Nix

on i

n hi

s di

rty

war

in

Vie

tnam

, an

d th

e P

re-

side

nt o

f th

e A

FL

CIO

w

hich

fi

nanc

es

the

Afr

o-A

sian

Ins

titu

tes

call

ed

its

inst

itut

e «

a n

atio

nal

cent

re

whi

ch

has

wor

ked

for

the

caus

e of

de

mo-

crac

y an

d li

ber

ty i

n th

e fr

ee

wor

ld,

par

ticu

larl

y i

nA

sia

and

Afr

ica.

* (8

)

Isra

el

also

pro

vide

s di

rect

m

ilit

ary

and

econ

o-m

ic

assi

stan

ce t

o A

fric

an

Sta

tes.

T

his

prog

ram

me

bega

n in

196

0 an

d in

clud

es b

oth

gene

ral

assi

stan

ceto

ne

o-co

loni

al

gove

rnm

ents

an

d ai

d to

fo

rces

on

the

sout

hern

pe

riph

ery

of

the

Ara

b w

orld

w

hich

stre

ngth

ens

furt

her

impe

rial

ist

inte

rest

s.

The

la

tter

ca

tego

ry

incl

uded

th

e pr

ovis

ion

ofm

ilit

ary

advi

sors

to

th

e C

had

gove

rnm

ent's

an

ti-

guer

rill

a ca

mpa

ign

(cou

nter

part

of

U

S go

vern

-m

ent's

co

unte

r-in

surg

ency

pro

gram

mes

, in

fa

ct

apa

rt o

f it

) an

d ai

d, b

oth

mil

itar

y an

d ec

onom

ic,

to' t

he

guer

rill

a m

ovem

ent

in

Sou

ther

n S

udan

. Is

rael

also

he

lps

thro

ugh

econ

omic

an

d te

chni

cal

assi

s-ta

nce,

th

e E

thio

pian

te

rror

ca

mpa

ign

agai

nst

the

Eri

teri

an

lib

erat

ion

mov

emen

t. E

ven

Tan

zani

a ha

sno

t be

en a

ble

to r

esis

t Is

rael

's b

land

ishm

ent,

whe

reth

e la

tter

ha

s tr

aine

d ai

r fo

rce,

na

vy

and

arm

ype

rson

nel

and

has

supp

lied

arm

s an

d ad

vice

for

the

esta

blis

hmen

t of

pa

ra-m

ilit

ary

agri

cult

ural

se

ttle

-m

ents

mod

elle

d on

pio

neer

ing

sett

lem

ents

in I

srae

lits

elf. Is

rael

th

us a

cts

as a

ne

o-co

loni

al

agen

cy

for

the

impe

rial

ist

aid

and

trai

ning

pro

gram

mes

. T

his

is t

he p

rice

tha

t U

.S. e

xtra

ct f

rom

th

e Z

ioni

sts

for

prov

idin

g th

e Is

rael

i go

vern

men

t w

ith

huge

sum

sto

bol

ster

its

fas

cist

rul

e ov

er P

ales

tine

and

to

act

as a

wat

chdo

g ov

er

impe

rial

ist

inte

rest

s in

th

eM

iddl

e E

ast.

(1)

Mos

he D

ayan

, N

ew Y

ork

Tim

es.

May

5,

195

6.

(2)

C.B

.S.

June

11

, 19

67 L

e M

onde

Su

pple

men

t Ju

ly

22,

1967

.

(3)

The

vas

t m

ajor

ity

of t

hose

who

im

mig

rate

d be

fore

194

8w

ere

of E

urop

ean

orig

in.

Lat

er i

ts

tren

d w

as

reve

rsed

.B

y 19

66 o

nly

half

of

th

e Is

rael

i po

pula

tion

w

ere

Eur

opea

ns.

(4)

Pro

f.

Hal

evi,

The

E

cono

mic

Dev

elop

men

t of

Is

rael

:

1948

.

(5)

Jour

nal

of E

cono

mic

Lit

erat

ure,

Dec

. 19

65,

p. 1

177.

(6)

Shok

en

in

Ha'

artz

qu

oted

by

M

acho

ver,

'Z

ioni

st

Es-

tabl

ishm

ent'

, 19

67.

p. 3

6.

(7)

ibid

, p.

37

(8)

New

Y

ork

Tim

es,

Inte

rnat

iona

l Su

pple

men

t, 7

Oct

ober

1970

.

TH

E U

.S.

,

ISR

AE

L

AN

D

ET

HIO

PIA

Alt

houg

h th

e op

enin

g sp

eech

of

Em

pero

r H

aile

Se

lass

ieat

th

e A

fric

an s

umm

it

conf

eren

ce

last

M

ay

(197

3)

sup-

port

ed

the

dem

and

of

the

inte

rnat

iona

l co

mm

unit

y th

atIs

rael

sho

uld

wit

hdra

w f

rom

the

occ

upie

d A

rab

terr

itor

ies,

the

atti

tude

s ta

ken

by t

he E

thio

pian

de

lega

tion

to

the

con

-fe

renc

e re

gard

ing

the

vari

ous

item

s on

th

e ag

enda

ga

vefu

rthe

r pr

oof

of

the

thre

e w

ay

polit

ical

-mili

tary

lin

kage

of

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es,

Isra

el

and

Eth

iopi

a an

d of

Is

rael

's«c

olon

ial

mas

ters

rol

e in

tha

t co

untr

y. T

he l

inka

ge,

whi

chis

des

igne

d to

ser

ve

the

inte

rest

s of

w

orld

im

peri

alis

m

inth

e A

fric

an c

onti

nent

, is

m

anif

este

d in

th

e ex

iste

nce

of

Am

eric

an m

ilita

ry

base

s in

Eth

iopi

a as

wel

l as

in

Isr

ael's

effo

rts

dire

cted

to

war

d th

e ec

onom

ic

expl

oita

tion

of

th

eco

untr

y.

• U

.S.

Mili

tary

Bas

esT

he

chie

f A

mer

ican

ba

se

in

Eas

t A

fric

a is

Kag

new

St

atio

n, w

hich

is

sit

uate

d in

E

ritr

ea,

aco

untr

y th

at s

hare

s w

ith

the

Eth

iopi

an m

asse

s th

e 37

oppr

essi

ons

of

Eth

iopi

a's

reac

tion

ary

regi

me.

O

fth

e im

port

ance

of

this

bas

e an

d th

e im

peri

alis

t ti

esof

the

U.S

.-Is

rael

-Eth

iopi

an l

inka

ge,

Rob

erto

Cor

rea

Wil

son,

wri

ting

in

the

Febr

uary

-197

2 is

sue

of T

ri-

cont

inen

tal,

said

:

...

Kag

new

Sta

tion

in

Eri

trea

is

as

im

port

ant

as

Oki

naw

a or

D

anan

g fo

r th

e gl

obal

pol

icie

s an

dst

rate

gies

of

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es.

... P

rogr

essi

ves

poin

t ou

t th

at

Kag

new

's e

lec-

tron

ic s

enso

rs c

over

th

e A

rab

natio

ns

and

are

plan

ted

deep

in

Sov

iet

terr

itor

y an

d in

oth

er

soci

a-li

st

nati

ons.

M

ore

than

15

00 A

mer

ican

spe

cial

ists

wor

k on

the

bas

e....

The

Isr

aeli

pol

ice

are

trai

ning

an

anti

-gue

r-ri

lla

cont

inge

nt t

hat

oper

ates

mai

nly

in E

ritr

ea a

ndar

e tr

aini

ng

the

Em

pero

r's

secr

et

serv

ice.

T

heF

eder

al

Rep

ubli

c of

G

erm

any

cont

ribu

tes

to

the

repl

acem

ent

of E

thio

pian

mil

itar

y eq

uipm

ent

wit

hye

arly

pa

ymen

ts o

f 1

mil

lion

do

llars

.. .

. A

side

fro

m t

he 1

1/2

mil

lion

dol

lars

yea

rly

rent

for

Kag

new

, E

thio

pia

rece

ives

mor

e th

an

half

of

all

Am

eric

an

mil

itar

y ai

d to

A

fric

an

nati

ons.

Ac-

cord

ing

to l

ates

t fi

gure

s, t

he

aid

prog

ram

ha

s al

-re

ady

spen

t 10

0 m

illio

n do

llars

or

mor

e.•

Isra

el's

Eco

nom

ic E

xplo

itatio

n of

Eth

iopi

aIs

rael

's

econ

omic

exp

loit

atio

n of

E

thio

pia

has

been

in

vest

igat

ed

in a

n ar

ticl

e en

titl

ed «

Isra

el a

ndE

thio

pia)

), pu

blis

hed

in

the

Fall-

1972

iss

ue o

f «R

e-si

stan

ce i

n th

e M

iddl

e E

ast»

. T

he

arti

cle

said

:T

hrou

gh

the

year

s,

Isra

el's

eco

nom

ic t

ies

wit

hE

thio

pia

have

st

eadi

ly

expa

nded

, w

ith

the

resu

lt

38

that

, by

now

, Eth

iopi

a is

one

of

Afr

ica'

s la

rges

t pu

r-ch

aser

s of

Isr

aeli

goo

ds.

As

earl

y as

195

2, I

srae

li

inve

stor

s pa

rtic

ipat

edin

est

abli

shin

g th

e IN

CO

DE

mea

t pa

ckin

g pl

ant

inoc

cupi

ed E

ritr

ea.

In

1970

, Isr

ael's

exp

orts

to

Eth

io-

pia

tota

lled

4.3

mill

ion

doll

ars,

wit

h el

ectr

onic

goo

dsan

d te

xtil

es

prov

idin

g ne

arly

hal

f of

thi

s am

ount

.Si

nce

1966

, Isr

aeli

exp

orts

to

Eth

iopi

a ha

ve d

oubl

ed,

refl

ecti

ng I

srae

l's

incr

ease

d de

velo

pmen

t of

its

Red

Sea

tra

de

rout

e.In

re

turn

, E

thio

pia'

s ex

port

s to

Is

rael

w

ere

2 m

illio

n do

llar

s in

197

0, c

onsi

stin

g m

ainl

y of

agr

i-cu

ltur

al

item

s. T

he I

srae

li E

cono

mis

t (F

eb.

Mar

ch,

1972

) de

scri

bed

the

situ

atio

n as

fol

low

s:

«Isr

ael

impo

rts

250

mil

lion

do

llar

s w

orth

of

grai

ns a

yea

r, m

ostly

whe

at.

It w

ould

lik

e E

thio

pia

to b

e ab

le

to

supp

ly 1

0 pe

rcen

t of

th

at

in

a fe

wye

ars.

.. th

e m

oney

sav

ed o

n th

e pr

ice

and

the

dif-

fere

nce

in

frei

ght

cost

s m

ake

the

expe

rim

ents

on

grai

n st

rain

s w

orth

whi

le.)

)

39

As

the

Isra

eli

Eco

nom

ist

poin

ts o

ut,

«tra

de f

igur

esdo

not

com

e an

ywhe

re n

ear

show

ing

the

who

le p

ic-

ture

Ano

ther

as

pect

of

Is

rael

i pe

netr

atio

n of

Eth

iopi

a is

in

vest

men

t. Is

rael

's st

anda

rd

prac

tice,

as i

n ot

her

Afr

ican

na

tion

s, h

as b

een

to s

eek

pro-

fita

ble

«joi

nt v

entu

res,

)) i

n w

hich

Afr

ican

s or

the

irgo

vern

men

ts n

omin

ally

re

tain

a

port

ion

of

owne

r-sh

ip.

For

exam

ple,

Aba

dir

Cot

ton,

a r

anch

cov

erin

gm

ore

than

500

0 ac

res,

is

back

ed

by p

riva

te

capi

tal

from

Is

rael

and

cap

ital

fro

m

the

Eth

iopi

an r

egim

e.A

re

cent

ly-s

igne

d co

ntra

ct w

ill

perm

it th

e Is

rael

ifi

rm K

oor

to m

anag

e th

e ra

nch

for

anot

her

five

year

s. Isra

el's

bus

ines

s ro

le i

n E

thio

pia

has

deve

lope

din

co

njun

ctio

n w

ith

long

-est

ablis

hed

((te

chni

cal

as-

sist

ance

s sc

hem

es,

spon

sore

d by

the

Isr

aeli

Fore

ign

Min

istr

y. T

hese

pr

ogra

ms,

lab

elle

d «h

uman

itar

ian»

by I

srae

l, pr

esen

tly

incl

ude

urba

n pl

anni

ng

inA

ddis

Aba

ba,

effo

rts

to

incr

ease

th

e yi

eld

of E

ri-

trea

n fi

sher

ies,

an

d m

anag

emen

t of

th

e Sc

ienc

esFa

cult

y at

Hai

le S

elas

sie

Uni

vers

ity.

Mor

eove

r, th

e E

thio

pian

Geo

logi

cal

Inst

itut

e in

the

Min

istr

y of

Min

es

is

enti

rely

m

anne

d by

Is-

rael

is.

Thi

s te

am o

f vi

sitin

g sp

ecia

lists

has

re

cent

lym

appe

d 10

0,00

0 sq

uare

ki

lom

eter

s in

the

Tig

re r

e-gi

on

(bor

deri

ng E

ritr

ea)

by

use

of

aeri

al

phot

o-gr

aphs

. In

thi

s w

ay,

Isra

el

is

gain

ing

firs

t-ha

ndkn

owle

dge

of E

thio

pia'

s po

tent

iall

y ex

ploi

tabl

e na

-tu

ral

reso

urce

s. U

se o

f m

aps

for

coun

teri

nsur

genc

yis

als

o po

stul

ated

.

40

poli

tica

l an

d ec

onom

ic m

easu

res

agai

nst

her

((in

di-

vidu

ally

or

col

lect

ivel

y.))

A s

tron

g w

orde

d re

solu

tion

pass

ed a

t th

e su

m-

mit

's f

inal

wor

king

ses

sion

, fe

ll sh

ort,

how

ever

, of

mee

ting

A

rab

dem

ands

th

at

all

mem

bers

sh

ould

seve

r, or

at

le

ast

tem

pora

rily

su

spen

d, d

iplo

mat

icre

lati

ons

with

Isr

ael.

The

res

olut

ion

said

Isr

ael's

att

itud

e «m

ight

lea

dO

AU

mem

ber

stat

es t

o ta

ke a

t th

e A

fric

an l

evel

,in

divi

dual

ly o

r co

llec

tive

ly,

poli

tica

l an

d ec

onom

icm

easu

res

agai

nst

it.»

The

res

olut

ion

refe

rred

to

«the

dan

ger

eman

a-ti

ng f

rom

the

det

erio

rati

on o

f th

e si

tuat

ion

in t

heno

rth-

east

of

Afr

ica

as a

res

ult

of

the

cont

inue

dag

gres

sion

pe

rpet

rate

d ag

ains

t th

e te

rrit

ory

ofE

gypt

an

d ot

her

Ara

b co

untr

ies

- a

dang

er

whi

chth

reat

ens

the

secu

rity

, te

rrit

oria

l in

tegr

ity

and

unity

of

our

con

tinen

t.))

It d

ecla

red:

«Is

rael

not

onl

y pe

rsis

ts i

n re

fusi

ngto

im

plem

ent

(U.N

. an

d O

AU

) re

solu

tions

but

als

oco

ntin

ues

to p

ract

ise

a po

licy

with

a

view

to

crea

-ti

ng i

n th

e sa

id t

erri

tori

es a

sta

te o

f «f

ait

acco

mpl

i))ai

med

at

serv

ing

its e

xpan

sion

ist

desi

gns.

))

The

re

solu

tion

dep

lore

d Is

rael

's

«sys

tem

atic

obst

ruct

ion»

of

al

l pe

acem

akin

g ef

fort

s,

and

her

nega

tive

atti

tude

to

the

mis

sion

of

10 A

fric

an h

eads

of s

tate

who

att

empt

ed

to

find

a

solu

tion

to

the

cris

is.

70

It a

lso

note

d w

ith

sati

sfac

tion

th

at

the

Ara

bR

epub

lic o

f E

gypt

has

sp

ared

no

effo

rt to

rea

ch a

just

and

dur

able

sol

utio

n of

the

pro

blem

.

H In

tran

sige

nce

Of

Isra

elis

The

re

solu

tion

said

th

at

it w

as

the

mas

sive

mil

itar

y, e

cono

mic

and

oth

er

aid,

as

w

ell

as

the

polit

ical

an

d m

oral

sup

port

gr

ante

d to

Is

rael

by

cert

ain

pow

ers

whi

ch e

nabl

ed

it to

pur

sue

its a

g-gr

essi

on a

nd

enco

urag

e it

to c

omm

it ac

ts o

f te

rro-

rism

, es

peci

ally

the

trag

ic a

ct o

f sh

ooti

ng d

own

tne

Lib

yan

civi

lian

ai

rcra

ft

whi

ch

resu

lted

in

th

elo

ss o

f in

noce

nt l

ives

.

It

said

it

was

th

e in

tran

sige

nce

of I

srae

l an

dits

sys

tem

atic

re

fusa

l to

abi

de

by

the

will

of

the

inte

rnat

iona

l co

mm

unit

y,

(whi

ch)

cons

titu

tes

ath

reat

to

the

secu

rity

of

the

cont

inen

t.T

he A

fric

an l

eade

rs a

gree

d, t

here

fore

, to

st

rong

lyco

ndem

n th

e ne

gati

ve a

ttit

ude

of I

srae

l, its

act

s of

terr

orri

sm,

and

its o

bstr

ucti

on o

f al

l ef

fort

s ai

med

at a

jus

t an

d eq

uita

ble

solu

tion

of t

he p

robl

em

inac

cord

ance

wit

h th

e Se

curi

ty C

ounc

il re

solu

tion

242

of N

ov.

22,

1967

.T

hey

calle

d ag

ain

for

Isra

el's

unco

ndit

iona

l wit

h-dr

awal

fro

m

all

occu

pied

«A

fric

an

and

Ara

b te

rri-

tori

es»

and

decl

ared

th

at

all

chan

ges

effe

cted

by

Isra

el

in t

he o

ccup

ied

terr

itor

ies

wer

e nu

ll an

dvo

id.

• P

ales

tini

an

Rig

hts

Supp

orte

d

The

hea

ds

of s

tate

ple

dged

the

mse

lves

«n

ot t

o 71

reco

gniz

e an

y ch

ange

s le

adin

g to

a

fait

acco

mpl

ior

li

kely

to

jeop

ardi

ze

the

terr

itor

ial

inte

grit

y of

the

Isra

eli

aggr

essi

on.

»T

hey

also

re

cogn

ized

th

at

the

resp

ect

of

the

inal

iena

ble

righ

ts o

f th

e pe

ople

of

Pal

esti

ne

is a

nes

sent

ial

elem

ent

in

any

just

an

d eq

uita

ble

solu

-ti

on,

besi

des

bein

g an

in

disp

ensa

ble

fact

or f

or

the

esta

blis

hmen

t of

per

man

ent

peac

e in

the

reg

ion.

The

S

umm

it

«dra

ws

the

atte

ntio

n of

Isr

ael

toth

e da

nger

th

reat

enin

g th

e se

curi

ty

and

unit

y of

the

Afr

ican

co

ntin

ent

as

a re

sult

of

its

con

tinu

edag

gres

sion

an

d re

fusa

l to

ev

acua

te

the

terr

itor

ies

of t

he s

tate

vic

tim

s of

tha

t ag

gres

sion

, an

d de

clar

esth

at t

he a

ttit

ude

of I

srae

l m

ight

lea

d O

AU

mem

ber

stat

es t

o ta

ke a

t th

e A

fric

an l

evel

, in

divi

dual

ly

orco

llec

tive

ly,

poli

tica

l an

d ec

onom

ic m

easu

res

agai

nst

it,

in

conf

orm

ity

wit

h th

e pr

inci

ples

co

ntai

ned

inth

e O

AU

and

U.N

. ch

arte

rs.»

• B

ig P

ower

s U

rged

Not

To

Enc

oura

ge

Isra

elT

he l

eade

rs c

alle

d on

the

big

pow

ers

givi

ng I

s-ra

el m

ilit

ary,

mor

al a

nd p

olit

ical

sup

port

to

refr

ain

from

doi

ng s

o, a

nd d

esig

nate

d th

e fo

reig

n m

inis

ters

of

Nig

eria

, C

had,

Tan

zani

a, G

uine

a an

d A

lger

ia

tobe

sp

okes

men

of

th

e O

AU

on

the

mat

ter

of

the

U.N

. S

ecur

ity

Cou

ncil

toge

ther

w

ith

othe

r A

fric

anco

unci

l m

embe

rs.

The

y en

trus

ted

Gen

. Y

akub

u G

owon

, th

e N

ige-

rian

le

ader

w

ho i

s th

e cu

rren

t O

AU

cha

irm

an,

inth

e U

.N.

Gen

eral

Ass

embl

y.T

he r

esol

utio

n w

as p

asse

d by

acc

lam

atio

n, w

ith

Mal

awi

abst

aini

ng.

72

WH

AT

AE

E

TH

EY

C

EL

EB

RA

TIN

G

?

May

19

73

mar

ked

the

25th

an

nive

rsar

y of

the

esta

blis

hmen

t of

Is

rael

. Z

ioni

sts

and

thei

r su

ppor

ters

cele

brat

ed t

he

even

t w

ith

com

plet

e di

sreg

ard

of

the

grea

tin

just

ice

whi

ch

the

crea

tion

of I

srae

l ha

s im

pose

d o

n th

eP

ales

tini

an

peop

le.

The

occ

asio

n,

how

ever

, ev

oked

pr

otes

tsfr

om v

ario

us q

uart

ers

in a

ll pa

rts

of t

he w

orld

, no

t ex

clu-

ding

an

ti-Z

ioni

st

Jew

ish

circ

les

and

Is

rael

i pr

ogre

ssiv

esan

d lib

eral

s.

On

May

11,

the

Lon

don

Tim

es c

arri

ed

a re

port

rem

indi

ng t

he w

orld

of

the

grea

t in

just

ice

to w

hich

the

Pal

esti

nian

A

rabs

hav

e be

en s

ubje

cted

. A

mon

got

her

thin

gs,

the

repo

rt

said

:

((T

wen

ty-f

ive

year

s ag

o, o

n M

ay 1

5th,

19

48,

the

Sta

te o

f Is

rael

was

est

abli

shed

in

Pal

esti

ne.

Whi

le 73

the

Zio

nist

s cl

aim

th

at

they

ha

ve

esta

blis

hed

am

oder

n an

d de

moc

rati

c st

ate,

the

st

ory

whi

ch t

hePa

lest

inia

ns t

ell

from

exp

erie

nce

is a

tal

e of

exi

le,

of

the

loss

of

thei

r ho

mes

and

the

ir l

and,

the

con

-ti

nued

re

fusa

l of

the

fo

reig

n se

ttle

rs t

o al

low

the

indi

geno

us

Pale

stin

ians

to

re

turn

, of

to

rtur

e,

ofbr

utal

ity,

and

th

e fa

ilur

e of

the

w

orld

to

resp

ond

to t

his

inju

stic

e.

«Mrs

. M

eir,

the

Isra

eli

Pri

me

Min

iste

r, h

asst

ated

on

a vi

sit

to B

rita

in

that

th

e P

ales

tini

anpe

ople

did

not

exi

st. S

he h

as t

old

the

Isra

eli P

arli

a-m

ent

that

th

ere

is n

o qu

esti

on

of

thei

r be

ing

allo

wed

to

retu

rn t

o th

eir

land

.«A

s th

e Is

rael

is c

eleb

rate

the

cre

atio

n of

Isr

ael

twen

ty-f

ive

year

s ag

o, th

e P

ales

tini

ans

have

not

hing

to c

omm

emor

ate.

The

y ex

ist

in r

efug

ee

cam

ps a

ndca

rry

out

a na

tion

al s

trug

gle

in t

he h

ope

that

one

day

they

wil

l re

turn

to

thei

r ho

mel

and.

«May

15t

h is

kno

wn

as P

ales

tine

Day

-a d

ay f

orth

e w

orld

to

rem

embe

r th

e in

just

ice

whi

ch I

srae

l'scr

eatio

n ha

s im

pose

d on

th

e Pa

lest

inia

n pe

ople

.A

gain

st

the

back

grou

nd

of

this

in

just

ice,

an

dm

iser

y, w

hat

is I

srae

l ac

tual

ly c

eleb

ratin

g?))

The

st

atem

ent

issu

ed b

y th

e «O

rgan

izat

ion

ofth

e S

olid

arit

y of

th

e Pe

ople

s of

Afr

ica,

A

sia

and

Lat

in A

mer

ica

- O

SPA

AL,

)) o

n th

e oc

casi

on o

f th

eel

apse

of

25 y

ears

sin

ce t

he c

reat

ion

of I

srae

l, m

ade

spec

ial

refe

renc

e to

th

e Is

rael

i cr

ime

com

mitt

edon

Apr

il 10

, 197

3 in

whi

ch t

hree

Pal

esti

nian

lea

ders

wer

e fo

ully

m

urde

red

by

Zio

nist

te

rror

ists

in

Bei

rut.

The

OSP

AA

L s

tate

men

t sa

id:

74

«Thi

fs

crim

inal

ag

gres

sion

w

hich

vi

olat

es

the

mos

t ba

sic

prin

cipl

es

of

inte

rnat

iona

l so

vere

ignt

y,re

veal

s th

e an

ti-A

rab,

exp

ansi

onis

t po

licy

of a

ggre

s-si

on

purs

ued

by

Isra

el

and

Zio

nism

fo

r do

zens

of

year

s as

wel

l as

the

gen

ocid

al

Isra

eli-

U.S

. al

lianc

e.O

SPA

AL

cal

ls o

n al

l it

s m

embe

r or

gani

zati

ons

and

all

the

prog

ress

ive

forc

es

and

gove

rnm

ents

to

con-

dem

n th

e cr

imin

al I

srae

li vi

olat

ion

s an

d a

ggre

ssio

nsan

d to

gi

ve

solid

arit

y an

d su

ppor

t to

th

e P

ales

-ti

nian

fr

eedo

m

figh

ters

an

d to

th

e A

rab

peop

le.

The

peo

ples

of

Afr

ica,

A

sia

and

L

atin

A

mer

ica

stan

d

dete

rmin

ed

to

stre

ngth

en

thei

r st

rugg

le

inth

e fa

ce o

f th

e ne

w c

hal

len

ge p

osed

by

Zio

nism

and

wor

ld

impe

rial

ism

.))

On

May

14

the

«Ind

ian

You

th C

ongr

ess»

is

sued

a m

essa

ge

expr

essi

ng

«ful

l so

lida

rity

w

ith

the

peop

le

of

Pal

esti

ne

in

thei

r ju

st

stru

ggle

fo

r th

eli

bera

ting

of

th

eir

hom

elan

d P

ales

tine

, no

w

unde

r 75

the

ille

gal

Zio

nist

occ

upat

ion

aide

d by

the

Im

peri

a-li

st

pow

ers.

.» T

he

mes

sage

ad

ded:

«The

15

th

of

May

, 19

48,

wil

l be

re

mem

bere

das

the

da

rkes

t da

y in

the

hi

stor

y of

the

w

orld

on

whi

ch t

he I

mpe

rial

ist

pow

ers

succ

eede

d in

pla

ntin

ga

Zio

nist

sta

te

in

Pal

esti

ne,

thus

co

mpl

etel

y ig

no-

ring

the

pr

omis

es g

iven

to

the

Pal

esti

nian

s by

th

em

anda

tory

po

wer

an

d th

e ri

ght

of s

elf-

dete

rmin

a-ti

on p

rom

ised

to

them

und

er a

rtic

le 2

2 of

the

Cha

r-te

r of

the

L

eagu

e of

Nat

ions

)).

On

the

sam

e da

y «T

he

All

Ind

ia

You

th

Fed

e-ra

tion

» is

sued

a s

tate

men

t w

hich

sa

id:

«On

May

15,

the

day

of I

nter

nati

onal

S

olid

arit

yw

ith

the

Peo

ple

of

Pal

esti

ne,

all

the

figh

ters

of

Pal

esti

ne

pled

ge

to

inte

nsif

y th

eir

stru

ggle

to

achi

eve

thei

r ch

eris

hed

goal

of

th

e cr

eati

on

of

apr

ogre

ssiv

e P

ales

tine

, w

here

al

l th

e le

giti

mat

e ci

-ti

zens

of

th

at

land

, ir

resp

ecti

ve

of

thei

r re

ligi

on,

wil

l ge

t de

moc

rati

c ri

ghts

, ju

stic

e an

d eq

uali

ty.

«The

All

Ind

ia

You

th F

eder

atio

n co

ndem

ns

the

barb

arou

s at

tack

s of

Is

rael

i ag

gres

sors

on

P

ales

-ti

nian

gu

eril

las

and

dem

ands

th

e im

med

iate

w

ith-

draw

al o

f Is

rael

i ag

gres

sors

fro

m t

he o

ccup

ied

Ara

bla

nds.

The

A

ll I

ndia

Y

outh

F

eder

atio

n al

so

de-

man

ds

the

rele

ase

of P

ales

tini

an

patr

iots

who

ar

ear

rest

ed i

n Is

rael

and

the

res

tora

tion

of

dem

ocra

tic

righ

ts

to

all

the

peop

le

of

Zio

nist

-occ

upie

d P

ales

-ti

ne.» B

ut

the

mos

t te

llin

g co

ndem

nati

on

of

Zio

nist

76

rule

in

Z

ioni

st-o

ccup

ied

Pal

esti

ne

has

com

e fr

oman

ti-Z

ioni

st

Jew

s.

An

Isra

eli

Jew

D

an V

ered

ha

ssa

id: «I

srae

l ha

s re

cent

ly

cele

brat

ed

its

25th

an

nive

r-sa

ry o

f In

depe

nden

ce.

But

I

ask:

Ind

epen

denc

e fo

rw

hom

and

lib

erat

ion

for

who

m?

For

mor

e th

an o

nem

illi

on

Ara

bs

in

Isra

el

and

the

terr

itor

ies,

it

ha

sce

rtai

nly

been

no

ho

lida

y an

d no

in

depe

nden

ce.)

)

A

grou

p of

an

ti-Z

ioni

st

Jew

s w

hich

in

clud

edA

lan

Adl

er,

Mic

k A

shle

y,

Elm

er B

erge

r an

d U

rieh

Dav

is i

ssue

d a

stat

emen

t on

th

e oc

casi

on

of

the

25th

ann

iver

sary

of

the

est

abli

shm

ent

of t

he Z

ioni

stst

ate,

in

whi

ch

they

sai

d:

«Wit

h th

e ap

proa

ch

of t

he

25th

an

nive

rsar

y of

the

esta

blis

hmen

t of

th

e S

tate

of

Is

rael

an

d th

edi

spos

sess

ion

of

the

Pal

esti

nian

s,

we,

as

Je

ws

re-

ject

an

d co

ndem

n Z

ioni

st

raci

alis

m,

whi

ch

has

caus

ed,

amon

g ot

her

viol

atio

ns

of

Hum

an

righ

ts,

the

expu

lsio

n of

th

e m

ajor

ity

of

the

Pal

esti

nian

peop

le

from

th

eir

coun

try.

W

e al

so

cond

emn

the

Zio

nist

pe

rsec

utio

n of

the

P

ales

tini

ans

who

re

mai

-ne

d in

the

ir

hom

elan

d.))

Aga

inst

th

e ba

ckgr

ound

of

th

e un

iver

sall

y-ac

know

ledg

ed

inju

stic

e an

d m

iser

y im

pose

d on

the

Pal

esti

nian

s, w

e as

k w

ith

the

wri

ters

of

the

Lon

don

Tim

es

repo

rt,

«Wha

t is

Is

rael

ac

tual

ly

cele

bra-

ting?

))

77

Ar

The

sub

ject

of

the

book

rev

iew

ed b

elow

is

the

fall

ofA

rab

Jeru

sale

m t

o th

e in

vadi

ng I

srae

lis

in J

une

1967

. T

here

view

er i

s Jo

hn K

. C

oole

y, M

iddl

e E

ast

corr

espo

nden

t of

The

C

hris

tian

Sc

ienc

e M

onit

or.

• A

bdul

lah

Schl

eife

r. T

he

Fal

l of

Jer

usal

em. N

ewY

ork:

M

onth

ly R

evie

w P

ress

, 19

72.

247

pp.,

$7.5

0ha

rdco

ver;

j3.

50,

pape

rbac

k.

We

are

over

six

yea

rs d

ista

nt f

rom

the

Six

Day

War

, bu

t ju

st a

s th

e w

ar's

cons

eque

nces

sti

ll tr

oubl

eth

e w

orld

, so

do

the

basi

c po

litic

al,

soci

al a

nd e

co-

nom

ic f

law

s th

at

help

ed

brin

g it

on s

till

rend

the

Mid

dle

Eas

t. T

he

war

's ce

ntra

l an

d fu

ndam

enta

lis

sues

, th

e fu

ture

of

the

Pal

esti

nian

s an

d th

e fu

ture

78

of

Isra

el,

rem

ain

unre

solv

ed.

It

is g

ood

at

last

to

have

an

acco

unt

of t

hat

war

fro

m a

Wes

tern

-tra

ined

wri

ter

and

jour

nali

st, w

ho s

ees

this

ang

uish

ed

epi-

sode

of

his

tory

no

t as

a W

este

rn

outs

ider

, bu

t as

one

who

liv

ed t

hrou

gh i

t.

The

au

ther

w

rite

s fr

om

a ra

ther

un

ique

pe

r-sp

ectiv

e.

Schl

eife

r w

as

born

in

th

e U

nite

d St

ates

of J

ewis

h pa

rent

s. I

n hi

s yo

uth

he e

dite

d K

ulch

ur,

79

an a

vant

-gar

de

lite

rary

and

soc

ial

quar

terl

y,

whi

leC

uba,

the

Alg

eria

n re

volu

tion

and

the

ris

e of

bla

ckna

tion

alis

m i

n th

e U

nite

d S

tate

s w

ere

som

e of

the

mil

epos

ts o

f hi

s ca

reer

as

a j

ourn

alis

t. In

19

64 h

ere

turn

ed

to N

ew Y

ork

afte

r liv

ing

in M

oroc

co a

ndw

as c

onve

rted

to

Isla

m

at a

Bro

okly

n m

osqu

e. H

isne

xt

dest

inat

ion

was

Jer

usal

em,

whe

re h

e w

atch

edth

e ap

proa

ch,

the

acti

on a

nd f

inal

ly t

he

afte

rmat

hof

the

thi

rd A

rab-

Isra

eli

war

in

1967

. Sin

ce t

hen

heha

s be

en o

ne o

f th

e fo

reig

n co

rres

pond

ents

rep

ort-

ing

and

inte

rpre

ting

M

iddl

e E

ast

even

ts

from

Bei

rut,

for

Jeun

e A

friq

ue a

nd a

s a

free

lan

ce w

rite

r.A

nyon

e w

ith

this

bac

kgro

und

wou

ld b

e bo

und

to h

ave

a vi

ewpo

int

of t

he P

ales

tine

st

rugg

le

that

is a

t le

ast

unus

ual

for

a W

este

rner

of

Jew

ish

orig

in.

Per

haps

th

is v

iew

poin

t is

one

of

the

re

ason

s w

hyon

ly a

Mar

xist

hou

se w

ould

pub

lish

his

boo

k, w

hich

is w

ell-

rese

arch

ed

and

docu

men

ted,

as

w

ell

asw

ritt

en w

ith

visi

on,

styl

e an

d gr

ace.

Pub

lica

tion

of

an

earl

y ab

ridg

ed

Ara

bic

vers

ion

by

Al-

Nah

ar

inB

eiru

t le

d to

the

ba

nnin

g bo

th o

f th

e bo

ok a

nd o

fit

s au

thor

in

Jord

an.

Per

haps

thi

s is

not

sur

pris

ing,

as h

e in

dict

s th

e tr

adit

iona

l A

rab

elit

es,

espe

cial

lyth

e Jo

rdan

ian,

fo

r le

adin

g an

ill

-pre

pare

d A

rab

wor

ld

into

a d

isas

trou

s co

nfro

ntat

ion

wit

h Is

rael

.T

his

indi

ctm

ent

is n

o le

ss

sear

chin

g th

an

his

dis-

cuss

ion

of Z

ioni

sm.

The

bo

ok

mov

es

on

seve

ral

plan

es

of s

ymbo

-lis

m i

n w

hich

Sch

leif

er,

inte

rpre

ting

A

rab

thou

ght

and

way

s as

a c

omm

itte

d ra

dica

l, co

mm

unic

ates

to

us t

he s

piri

tual

and

mor

al c

atas

trop

he w

hich

ove

r-

80

took

th

e A

rab

wor

ld

in

1967

as

a ca

tast

roph

e in

whi

ch J

erus

alem

was

the

met

aphy

sica

l as

wel

l as

the

geog

raph

ical

ce

ntre

. A

se

nse

of r

ever

ence

fo

rJe

rusa

lem

its

elf

is f

elt

from

the

sta

rt.

The

City

—as

the

sim

ple

titl

e of

Sch

leif

er's

fir

st c

hapt

er

read

s—is

an

expr

essi

on o

f un

iver

sali

ty

as

wel

l as

re

ales

tate

: in

a w

ay,

that

lar

ger

polis

whi

ch C

onst

an-

tinop

le

was

to

all

Gre

eks,

an

d A

lexa

ndri

a w

as t

oth

e po

et C

avaf

y an

d hi

s ad

mir

er,

Law

renc

e D

urre

ll.

At

the

sam

e ti

me,

its

tra

diti

onal

cha

ract

er r

einf

or-

ces

its

anci

ent

iden

tity

as

the

fo

cus

of

vene

rati

onfo

r th

ree

reli

gion

s.

Whi

le a

ckno

wle

dgin

g th

e pa

s-si

onat

e in

volv

emen

t of

th

e Je

ws

wit

h Je

rusa

lem

,Sc

hlei

fer

find

s th

at

«am

id

the

bibl

ical

fam

ilia

rity

of

Ara

b w

ays»

th

e «W

este

rn,

the

Zio

nist

sen

se o

f«R

etur

is u

nbea

rabl

y ab

stra

ct.)

)

The

cou

rse

wov

en b

y di

ffer

ent

cult

ural

and

his

-to

rica

l fo

rces

in

the

poli

tica

l st

rugg

le

for

Pale

stin

eoc

cupi

es

the

auth

or's

att

enti

on

thro

ugho

ut.

His

tor-

rica

lly

he

follo

ws

the

Zio

nist

mov

emen

t's v

ario

usth

read

s an

d te

nden

cies

thr

ough

th

e m

aze

of Z

ioni

stco

ngre

sses

in

Eur

ope,

its

dr

ift

into

ter

rori

sm,

and

its

tran

siti

on,

in

the

1940

's,

from

a

Bri

tish

to

an

Am

eric

an a

llian

ce.

Wha

t he

see

s as

the

«s

ymbi

otic

rela

tion

ship

))

betw

een

the

Zio

nist

m

ovem

ent

and

anti

-Sem

itis

m i

s di

sclo

sed

in t

he f

ailu

re o

f F

rank

lin

Del

ano

Roo

seve

lt an

d hi

s re

pres

enta

tive

, M

orri

sE

rnst

, in

try

ing

to

find

a

way

, ag

ains

t ob

dura

teZ

ioni

st o

ppos

itio

n, t

o ab

sorb

all

disp

lace

d Je

ws

into

Am

eric

an a

nd

ot(h

er W

este

rn

soci

etie

s.In

th

e fi

nal

anal

ysis

, Z

ioni

sm

for

Schl

eife

r is 81

a m

ovem

ent

of s

ettl

er

colo

nial

ism

, ak

in t

o th

at o

fSo

uth

Afr

ica,

and

dep

ende

nt

upon

Wes

tern

ai

d an

dpo

wer

for

its

sur

viva

l; ye

t hi

s ac

coun

t of

its

act

i-vi

ties

and

links

with

the

US

is n

ot a

cru

de o

ne.

Ina

revi

sion

ist

anal

ysis

of

the

hist

ory

lead

ing

up t

oth

e Ju

ne W

ar,

he r

ejec

ts t

he N

asse

rist

the

sis,

lat

erco

rrec

ted

by

Nas

ser

him

self

, of

di

rect

U

Si-I

srae

li«c

ollu

sion

» in

pre

para

tion

of

the

war

an

d th

e su

r-pr

ise

Isra

eli

air

stri

kes.

B

ut S

chle

ifer

do

es

see

acl

ear

long

-exi

stin

g Is

rael

i w

ar

plan

fo

r co

nque

stof

new

ter

rito

ry a

nd a

«so

met

imes

fum

blin

g, s

ome-

tim

es i

ntui

tive

mes

h of

tw

o al

lied

Est

ablis

hmen

ts))

—th

e U

S an

d th

e Is

rael

i— «

who

se u

pper

ech

elon

sen

gage

d at

lea

st i

n co

ntin

uous

co

ordi

natio

n, j

ocke

-yi

ng f

or t

heir

ow

n st

ate

inte

rest

s as

the

y sa

w t

hem

,w

ithi

n an

ov

eral

l ag

reed

-upo

n (a

nd

poss

ibly

ev

enun

spok

en)

cont

ext.»

Sc

hlei

fer

belie

ves

that

«p

er-

haps

onl

y th

e m

ost

surf

ace

aspe

cts

of t

hat

coor

di-

natio

n ar

e as

yet

on

reco

rd.»

He

sugg

ests

del

ving

furt

her

into

som

e «P

enta

gon

Pape

rs»

on t

he M

iddl

eE

ast

prep

ared

by

su

ch

man

dari

ns

of U

S po

licy-

mak

ing

as

Juli

us

Hol

mes

, M

cGeo

rge

Bun

dy,

and

thos

e w

ho o

pera

te i

n th

at t

ough

-min

ded

Cal

ifor

nia

«thi

nk-t

ank,

» th

e R

and

Cor

pora

tion.

On

the

othe

r si

de,

he

is h

ighl

y cr

itica

l of

th

efa

ilur

e of

Ara

b st

ates

to

back

the

ir v

erba

l su

ppor

tfo

r th

e di

spla

ces

Pale

stin

ian

Ara

bs w

ith

deed

s, a

t-tr

ibut

ing

this

in

larg

e m

easu

re

to «

an i

ndif

fere

nce

and

cyni

cism

bre

d by

the

cor

rupt

ion

of r

ulin

g el

ites,

coup

led

wit

h un

derv

elop

men

t, su

scep

tibili

ty

toW

este

rn

pres

sure

, an

d th

e di

ffic

ulty

of

sus

tain

ing

a?,

«Ara

b na

tion

» un

ity

(giv

en

the

bitt

er

clas

hes

ofle

adin

g pe

rson

aliti

es

and

riva

l pa

n-A

rab

ideo

lo-

gies

)...))

Eve

n in

Jer

usal

em,

just

bef

ore

the

war

, he

reca

lls,

«The

atm

osph

ere

was

mag

ical

. N

o on

e di

dan

ythi

ng b

ut s

tand

aro

und,

con

grat

ulat

e ea

ch o

ther

,an

d pr

aise

Gam

al A

bdul

Nas

ser.

Som

ehow

thi

s on

em

an,

by s

heer

wei

ght

of h

is a

udac

ity,

was

goi

ng t

oov

erw

helm

th

e en

emy

in a

n am

azin

g m

anne

r th

atco

uld

in n

o w

ay a

ffec

t th

e li

fe-s

tyle

or

acti

viti

es o

fth

e pe

ople

m

ost

inti

mat

ely

invo

lved

in

th

est

rugg

le.))

Sc

hlei

fer

foun

d th

e A

rab

civi

lian

popu

-la

tion

of

the

ci

ty

disa

rmed

, bo

th

phys

ical

ly

and

mor

ally

, ag

ains

t th

e ba

ckdr

op o

f «a

fes

tival

at

Aqa

ba t

wo

wee

ks e

arli

er

at

the

heig

ht

of

the

thre

ats

agai

nst

Syri

a, a

nd t

he k

ing

allo

wed

by

his

advi

sers

to

spen

d th

e da

y at

the

res

ort

revi

ewin

gw

ater

sk

iers

an

d be

auty

qu

eens

Follo

win

g th

edi

sast

er,

ther

e ar

e fr

ank

desc

ript

ions

of

va

ryin

gty

pes

of r

eact

ion

to o

ccup

atio

n, p

erso

nifi

ed b

y th

eco

llab

orat

or,

the

one

who

adj

usts

to

seek

eco

nom

icsu

rviv

al,

and

the

rare

r m

an

or w

oman

who

cho

sere

sist

ance

at

the

co

st o

f a

brok

en

care

er,

loss

of

aho

me

or l

ivel

ihoo

d, o

r lif

e its

elf.

A

high

ligh

t of

the

bo

ok

is t

he

desc

ript

ion

ofth

e w

ar

itsel

f, pr

eced

ed

by

a m

uch

need

ed

sum

-m

ary

of t

he p

roce

ss l

eadi

ng u

p to

war

whi

ch b

ring

sto

li

ght

som

e of

ten

obsc

ured

con

side

rati

ons.

The

auth

or p

oint

s ou

t ho

w s

chol

ars

and

new

smen

sy

m-

path

etic

to

Isra

el h

ave

pass

ed

over

the

fa

ct—

born

eou

t by

his

cit

atio

n of

the

M

ay

12,

1967

bri

efin

g of

the

Isra

eli

mil

itar

y in

tell

igen

ce

chie

f, G

ener

al

Aha

ron

Yaa

riv,

in

whi

ch Y

aari

v sa

id h

e pe

rson

ally

advo

cate

d a

maj

or m

ilita

ry

oper

atio

n ag

ains

t Sy

riaan

d by

oth

er,

new

er e

vide

nce—

that

som

e, a

t le

ast,

of

the

Isra

eli

Est

ablis

hmen

t tr

uly

envi

sion

ed

ast

rike

ag

ains

t S

yria

. T

here

fore

thi

s w

as a

ppar

entl

yon

e, a

s T

heod

ore

Dra

per

and

man

y of

the

fas

hio-

nabl

e hi

stor

ians

se

emed

so

sur

e,

sim

ply

a «p

aper

tiger

» dr

eam

ed u

p by

Sov

iet

inte

llige

nce.

The

re i

sal

so c

lose

att

enti

on t

o th

e st

ill

uncl

arif

ied

exch

ange

sbe

twee

n R

alph

B

unch

e,

Gen

eral

Rik

ye,

the

UN

EF

com

man

der,

U T

hant

and

the

Egy

ptia

n go

vern

men

t.o

n th

e w

ithd

raw

al o

f th

e U

N f

orce

s fr

om G

aza

and

Sina

i in

May

196

7.

In t

he a

ccou

nt o

f th

e ba

ttle

for

Jeru

sale

m,

ther

ear

e no

abs

olut

e he

roes

or

to

tal

vill

ains

am

ong

Schl

eife

r's A

rab

pers

onae

. H

owev

er,

the

May

or,

Rou

hi a

l-K

hati

b an

d su

ch m

en a

s B

ahja

t A

bu G

ar-

biye

h, o

ne o

f th

e re

sist

ance

lea

ders

, em

erge

loo

king

muc

h be

tter

than

, sa

y, B

riga

dier

G

ener

al

Ata

Ali,

who

co

mm

ande

d th

e pa

thet

ical

ly

mea

ger

and

unde

r-ar

med

ga

rris

on o

f on

e br

igad

e (d

espi

te

his

belie

f on

Jun

e 5

that

fou

r m

ore

Jord

ania

n br

igad

esw

ould

so

on a

ppea

r to

def

end

the

city

aga

inst

th

eon

slau

ght

of t

he I

srae

li pa

ratr

oops

and

arm

our)

, or

the

PLO

lea

der,

Ahm

ed S

huqa

iry.

Sc

hlei

fer

sin-

gles

ou

t va

lian

t ac

tion

s by

som

e of

the

Jo

rdan

ian

defe

nder

s w

hich

he

says

he

saw

, as

wel

l as

le

ssva

lian

t on

es b

y so

me

of t

hose

in

auth

orit

y.

Schl

eife

r w

itnes

sed

inst

ance

s of

bru

tali

ty

and

loot

ing

as w

ell

as o

f hu

man

e be

havi

our

by t

he v

ic-

84

tori

ous

Isra

eli,

who

are

no

t fa

cele

ss

acto

rs i

n th

isbo

ok d

espi

te

his

view

of

the

dram

a fr

om

the

Ara

bsi

de.

Schl

eife

r ch

arge

s th

at t

he r

emov

al o

f so

me

ofth

e D

ead

Sea

scro

lls f

rom

th

e Pa

lest

ine

Arc

haeo

lo-

gica

l M

useu

m,

espe

cial

ly

the

case

of

the

so-c

alle

d«T

empl

e Sc

roll»

ta

ken

by I

srae

lis

from

th

e B

eth-

lehe

m r

esid

ence

of

Kan

do,

the

Ara

b an

tiqu

itie

sde

aler

, w

ere

«sim

ple

thef

t ac

cord

ing

to i

nter

nati

o-na

l la

w.»

He

luci

dly

repo

rts

on t

he

non-

retu

rn o

fth

e 19

67 W

est

Ban

k re

fuge

es

(onl

y 14

,027

ou

t of

160,

000

who

app

lied

retu

rned

) an

d th

e re

ason

s fo

rth

is.

He

pass

es

on t

he

acco

unts

of

the

occu

patio

nby

suc

h co

ncer

ned

Isra

elis

as

th

e no

velis

t A

mos

Ken

an,

and

the

begi

nnin

gs

of

resi

stan

ce

in

the

Wes

t B

ank,

qui

ckly

snu

ffed

out

, an

d in

Gaz

a, w

here

it pe

rsis

ts d

espi

te

the

grow

ing

affl

uenc

e of

ov

er60

,000

Gaz

a an

d W

est

Ban

k A

rabs

who

dai

ly c

om-

mut

e to

lab

ouri

ng j

obs

in I

srae

l. W

e ar

e to

ld,

too,

how

he

was

war

ned

by a

Jew

ish

busi

ness

man

fro

mN

ew Y

ork

that

he

, Sc

hlei

fer,

w

ould

be

ex

pelle

dfr

om

Jeru

sale

m b

y th

e Is

rael

is

if

he

trie

d «o

nem

ore

tric

like

re

port

ing,

as

he

did,

th

e Is

rael

ide

stru

ctio

n of

the

Bab

al-

Mag

hara

ba q

uart

er t

o th

eA

mer

ican

Con

sula

te (

whi

ch h

ad i

n tu

rn f

iled

a re

-po

rt

to

Was

hing

ton

whi

ch

cons

ider

ably

em

barr

as-

sed

Isra

el).

The

bo

ok a

s a

who

le c

onta

ins

impo

rtan

t or

i-gi

nal

mat

eria

l on

the

ris

e of

the

res

ista

nce

and

the

role

of

the

pre-

1968

Pal

esti

ne L

iber

atio

n Fr

ont

and

its r

elat

ions

hip

to t

he A

rab

Nat

iona

lists

' M

ovem

ent,

the

PLO

, al

-Fat

eh a

nd

Syr

ia.

85

The

Bol

ogna

App

eal

and

The

EU

RA

BIA

C

omm

ittee

Let

ter

Dur

ing

the

past

few

mon

ths

ther

e ha

s be

en a

gro

win

gre

cogn

itio

n in

E

urop

e an

d th

e w

orld

at

larg

e of

the

fa

ctth

at

Isra

el's

ex

pans

ioni

st a

mbi

tion

s an

d U

.S.

supp

ort

for

Isra

el's

ref

usal

to

acc

ept

«the

ina

dmis

sibi

lity

of

the

acqu

i-si

tion

of

terr

itor

y by

w

ar

- in

de

fian

ce

of

repe

ated

U

.K.

reso

lutio

ns))

ar

e th

e m

ain

obst

acle

s to

the

ac

hiev

emen

t of

peac

e in

the

Mid

dle

Eas

t.T

his

reco

gniti

on i

s ev

iden

t in

the

app

eal

by t

he I

nter

-na

tion

al

Con

fere

nce

for

Pea

ce a

nd

Just

ice

in

the

Mid

dle

Eas

t w

hich

was

hel

d in

B

olog

na

(Ita

ly)

from

M

ay 1

1 to

13, 1

973.

It

is a

lso

evid

ent

in t

he «

Ope

n L

ette

r fr

om E

urop

eto

P

resi

dent

N

ixon

» pu

blis

hed

May

14

, 19

73

by

the

EU

RA

BIA

co

mm

itte

e.

The

le

tter

, w

hich

w

as

sign

ed

byth

irty

E

urop

ean

lead

ers

and

inte

llec

tual

s,

calls

up

on P

re-

side

nt

Nix

on

«to

undo

the

de

adlo

ck

and

open

the

w

ay t

ope

ace»

by

decl

arin

g hi

s in

tent

ion

«to

put

an e

nd t

o A

me-

rica

n di

scri

min

atio

n in

fa

vour

of

Is

rael

in

th

e pr

ovis

ion

of

fina

ncia

l an

d m

ilit

ary

aid.

»B

elow

is

the

full

text

s of

th

e «A

ppea

and

the

«Let

ter»

.

8687

(1)

H T

ext

of t

he

App

eal

The

In

tern

atio

nal

Con

fere

nce

for

Pea

ce

and

Just

ice

in t

he

Mid

dle

Eas

t w

as

held

in

B

olog

na(I

taly

) fr

om M

ay 1

1 to

13,

197

3.It

bro

ught

tog

ethe

r th

e re

pres

enta

tive

s of

int

er-

nati

onal

an

d re

gion

al

orga

niza

tion

s an

d re

pres

en-

tati

ve

dele

gati

ons

from

co

untr

ies

of

Eur

ope,

A

sia,

Am

eric

a, A

fric

a,

and

Ara

b co

untr

ies

and

Isra

el,

re-

flec

ting

dif

fere

nt v

iew

poin

ts b

ut u

nite

d in

the

des

ire

to f

ind

the

mea

ns

of

ensu

ring

a j

ust

and

last

ing

peac

e in

the

Mid

dle

Eas

t.Si

nce

the

June

19

67 w

ar,

the

situ

atio

n in

thi

sre

gion

has

con

tinu

ed

to

dete

rior

ate.

T

he

Isra

eli

gove

rnm

ent

cont

inue

s, a

fter

si

x ye

ars,

to

oc

cupy

Ara

b te

rrit

orie

s w

ith

its

arm

ed

forc

es.

It

is g

oing

ahea

d w

ith

the

colo

niza

tion

of

thes

e te

rrit

orie

s an

dre

doub

ling

its

mea

sure

s to

eff

ect

dem

ogra

phic

an

d*te

rrit

oria

l ch

ange

s. I

t co

ntin

ues

to

defy

th

e de

ci-

sion

s ad

opte

d by

the

Uni

ted

Nat

ions

. It

st

rive

s, a

sdo

th

e A

rab

reac

tion

ary

forc

es,

to d

estr

oy b

y al

lm

eans

th

e na

tion

al

exis

tenc

e of

th

e P

ales

tini

anpe

ople

and

to

wea

ken

the

nati

onal

and

soc

ial

libe-

rati

on m

ovem

ent

of t

he

Ara

b pe

ople

s.In

und

erw

riti

ng t

his

poli

cy,

espe

cial

ly b

y pr

ovi-

ding

fi

nanc

ial

and

mil

itar

y su

ppor

t, th

e go

vern

-m

ent

of t

he U

nite

d St

ates

be

ars

a m

ajor

re

spon

si-

bili

ty

for

the

pres

ent

situ

atio

n.

Thi

s si

tuat

ion

thre

aten

s pe

ace

in t

he

Mid

dle

Eas

t, in

the

Med

iter

rane

an

and

in t

he w

orld

.

88

Thi

s co

nfer

ence

ur

gent

ly a

ppea

ls t

o th

e pe

ople

sof

al

l co

untr

ies

forc

eful

ly

to e

xpre

ss t

heir

de

term

i-na

tion

to

achi

eve

a po

liti

cal

solu

tion

to

the

conf

lict

in t

he M

iddl

e E

ast

thro

ugh

the

com

plet

e im

plem

en-

tati

on o

f th

e U

.N r

esol

utio

ns o

f N

ovem

ber

22 1

967

and

Nov

embe

r 4,

197

0, w

hich

en

tail

, fi

rst

of

all

wit

hdra

wal

by

th

e S

tate

of

Is

rael

of

its

ar

med

forc

es

from

al

l th

e A

rab

terr

itor

ies

occu

pied

sin

ceJu

ne

1967

and

re

cogn

itio

n of

the

le

giti

mat

e ri

ghts

of

the

Ara

b pe

ople

of

Pal

esti

ne,

and

of t

heir

rig

htto

sel

f-de

term

inat

ion;

toge

ther

wit

h th

e ri

ght

of a

llth

e pe

ople

s an

d al

l th

e st

ates

of

the

Mid

dle

Eas

tto

ex

iste

nce,

in

depe

nden

ce,

sove

reig

nty

and

secu

-ri

ty. T

he

Con

fere

nce

also

ad

dres

ses

this

ap

peal

to

the

parl

iam

ents

and

go

vern

men

ts o

f al

l co

untr

ies

in v

iew

of

thei

r re

spon

sibi

liti

es

for

the

achi

eve-

men

t of

a j

ust

peac

e in

the

Mid

dle

Eas

t.T

he

wor

ld

long

s fo

r a

last

ing

peac

e, b

ased

on

the

prin

cipl

es o

f th

e U

nite

d N

atio

ns a

nd t

he r

ight

of

the

peop

les

to d

ecid

e th

eir

own

dest

iny.

(2

)

• T

ext

of

the

EU

RA

BIA

Com

mit

tee

Let

ter

14 M

ay 1

973

Dea

r M

r. P

resi

dent

,

We

are

wri

ting

to

you

beca

use

you

hold

the

key

to p

eace

in

the

Mid

dle

Eas

t. W

e be

liev

e yo

u sh

ould

use

it —

for

the

sake

of

us

all

in t

he

wor

ld t

oday

Fir

st

and

fore

mos

t, fo

r th

e pe

ople

s of

the

Mid

dle

Eas

t —

the

Is

rael

is,

the

Pal

esti

nian

s an

d th

e A

rabs

(1)

H T

ext

of t

he

App

eal

The

In

tern

atio

nal

Con

fere

nce

for

Pea

ce

and

Just

ice

in t

he

Mid

dle

Eas

t w

as

held

in

B

olog

na(I

taly

) fr

om

May

11

to

13, 1

973.

It b

roug

ht t

oget

her

the

repr

esen

tati

ves

of i

nter

-na

tion

al

and

regi

onal

or

gani

zati

ons

and

repr

esen

-ta

tive

de

lega

tion

s fr

om

coun

trie

s of

E

urop

e,

Asi

a.A

mer

ica,

Afr

ica,

an

d A

rab

coun

trie

s an

d Is

rael

, re

-fl

ecti

ng d

iffe

rent

vie

wpo

ints

but

uni

ted

in t

he d

esir

eto

fin

d th

e m

eans

of

en

suri

ng a

jus

t an

d la

stin

gpe

ace

in t

he

Mid

dle

Eas

t.Si

nce

the

Jun

e 19

67 w

ar,

the

situ

atio

n in

thi

sre

gion

has

con

tinu

ed

to

dete

rior

ate.

T

he

Isra

eli

gove

rnm

ent

cont

inue

s, a

fter

si

x ye

ars,

to

oc

cupy

Ara

b te

rrit

orie

s w

ith

its

arm

ed

forc

es.

It

is g

oing

ahea

d w

ith

the

colo

niza

tion

of

thes

e te

rrit

orie

s an

dre

doub

ling

its

mea

sure

s to

eff

ect

dem

ogra

phic

an

dte

rrit

oria

l ch

ange

s. I

t co

ntin

ues

to

defy

th

e de

ci-

sion

s ad

opte

d by

the

Uni

ted

Nat

ions

. It

st

rive

s,

asdo

th

e A

rab

reac

tion

ary

forc

es,

to

dest

roy

by

all

mea

ns

the

nati

onal

ex

iste

nce

of

the

Pal

esti

nian

peop

le a

nd t

o w

eake

n th

e na

tion

al a

nd s

ocia

l lib

e-ra

tion

mov

emen

t of

the

A

rab

peop

les.

In u

nder

wri

ting

thi

s po

licy

, es

peci

ally

by

prov

i-di

ng

fina

ncia

l an

d m

ilit

ary

supp

ort,

the

gove

rn-

men

t of

the

U

nite

d S

tate

s be

ars

a m

ajor

res

pons

i-bi

lity

fo

r th

e pr

esen

t si

tuat

ion.

Thi

s si

tuat

ion

thre

aten

s pe

ace

in t

he

Mid

dle

Eas

t, in

the

Med

iter

rane

an

and

in t

he w

orld

.

Thi

s co

nfer

ence

ur

gent

ly a

ppea

ls t

o th

e pe

ople

sof

al

l co

untr

ies

forc

eful

ly

to e

xpre

ss t

heir

det

erm

i-na

tion

to

achi

eve

a po

liti

cal

solu

tion

to

the

conf

lict

in t

he M

iddl

e E

ast

thro

ugh

the

com

plet

e im

plem

en-

tati

on o

f th

e U

.N r

esol

utio

ns o

f N

ovem

ber

22, 1

967,

and

Nov

embe

r 4,

197

0, w

hich

en

tail

, fi

rst

of

all,

wit

hdra

wal

by

th

e S

tate

of

Is

rael

of

it

s ar

med

forc

es

from

al

l th

e A

rab

terr

itor

ies

occu

pied

sin

ceJu

ne

1967

and

re

cogn

itio

n of

the

le

giti

mat

e ri

ghts

of

the

Ara

b pe

ople

of

Pal

esti

ne,

and

of t

heir

ri

ght

to s

elf-

dete

rmin

atio

n; t

oget

her

wit

h th

e ri

ght

of a

llth

e pe

ople

s an

d al

l th

e st

ates

of

the

M

iddl

e E

ast

to

exis

tenc

e, i

ndep

ende

nce,

sov

erei

gnty

an

d se

cu-

rity

. The

C

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e al

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is

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al

toth

e p

arli

amen

ts a

nd

gove

rnm

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of

al

l co

untr

ies,

in v

iew

of

thei

r re

spon

sibi

liti

es

for

the

achi

eve-

men

t of

a j

ust

peac

e in

the

Mid

dle

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t.T

he

wor

ld

long

s fo

r a

last

ing

peac

e, b

ased

on

the

prin

cipl

es o

f th

e U

nite

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atio

ns a

nd

the

righ

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pe

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Dea

r M

r. P

resi

dent

,

We

are

wri

ting

to

you

beca

use

you

hold

the

key

to p

eace

in

the

Mid

dle

Eas

t. W

e be

liev

e yo

u sh

ould

use

it —

for

the

sake

of

us

all

in

the

wor

ld t

oday

.F

irst

an

d fo

rem

ost,

for

the

peop

les

of t

he

Mid

dle

Eas

t —

the

Isr

aeli

s, t

he P

ales

tini

ans

and

the

Ara

bs

of

Jord

an,

Egy

pt,

Syri

a an

d L

eban

on —

who

ha

vebe

en l

ivin

g un

der

the

curs

e of

war

fo

r tw

enty

fiv

eye

ars.

But

als

o fo

r E

urop

e,

Asi

a an

d th

e T

hird

Wor

ld.

And

no

t le

ast

for

the

peop

le o

f yo

ur

own

coun

try,

Mr.

Pres

iden

t — s

o fa

r re

mov

ed

from

th

eM

iddl

e E

ast

conf

lict

but

now

so

dang

erou

sly

vuln

e-ra

ble

to i

ts e

ffec

ts

on t

heir

dai

ly l

ives

.A

s tim

e pa

sses

an

d th

e m

enac

ing

dead

lock

in

the

Mid

dle

Eas

t pe

rsis

ts,

it be

com

es m

ore

and

mor

ecl

ear

that

th

e m

ain

obst

acle

to

peac

e is

now

th

ere

fusa

l of

Isr

ael's

ru

lers

to

ac

cept

th

e in

adm

issi

-bi

lity

of

th

e ac

quis

itio

n of

te

rrit

ory

by

war

— i

nde

fian

ce o

f th

e w

hole

of

the

rest

of

the

wor

ld

and

of r

epea

ted

U.N

. re

solu

tion

s.

The

re c

an b

e no

hop

e of

las

ting

peac

e or

eve

nof

an

y m

eani

ngfu

l ne

goti

atio

n fo

r pe

ace

so

long

as t

he e

xpan

sion

ist

ambi

tion

s of

Isr

ael's

lea

ders

ar

eno

t cu

rbed

. O

nly

the

Uni

ted

Sta

tes

has

the

pow

erto

do

that

. O

nly

you

can

brin

g ho

me

to

Isra

el's

rule

rs t

hat

it is

mor

e in

the

ir i

nter

est

to m

ake

peac

eth

an t

o pe

rsis

t in

ret

aini

ng l

and

whi

ch i

s no

t th

eirs

and

whi

ch

was

sei

zed

from

th

eir

neig

hbou

rs

byfo

rce

of

arm

s.W

e ur

ge y

ou,

Mr.

Pre

side

nt,

to u

se t

he

pow

erth

at

lies

in y

our

hand

s. T

his

is n

o ag

onis

ing

deci

-si

on o

f th

e ki

nd y

ou h

ad

to t

ake

in V

ietn

am.

All

that

it

requ

ires

is

tha

t yo

u sh

ould

de

clar

e yo

urin

tent

ion

to p

ut a

n en

d to

Am

eric

an d

iscr

imin

atio

nin

fav

our

of I

srae

l in

the

pro

visi

on

of f

inan

cial

and

mil

itar

y ai

d.N

o A

mer

ican

liv

es

are

at

stak

e. Y

ou w

ill b

e

90

enda

nger

ing

no v

ital

Am

eric

an i

nter

ests

— o

n th

eco

ntra

ry,

you

will

be

pro

tect

ing

the

real

in

tere

sts

of t

he U

.S.

in t

he M

iddl

e E

ast.

The

onl

y di

sagr

eea-

ble

cons

eque

nce

wil

l be

tha

t yo

u w

ill h

ave

to f

ace

viol

ent

prot

ests

fro

m

Isra

el a

nd f

rom

Z

ioni

st p

res-

sure

gr

oups

in

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es

who

put

Is

rael

'sin

tere

sts

abov

e th

ose

of t

heir

ow

n co

untr

y. I

s th

isto

o hi

gh a

pri

ce t

o pa

y fo

r pe

ace

in

the

Mid

dle

Eas

t? For

too

long

A

mer

ica'

s st

andi

ng

and

cred

ibi-

lity

in

the

wor

ld a

t la

rge

have

suf

fere

d be

caus

e of

the

subo

rdin

atio

n of

Am

eric

an p

olic

y in

the

Mid

dle

Eas

t to

Isr

aeli

inte

rest

s. I

n pl

ain

term

s,

it is

Am

e-ri

can

supp

ort

whi

ch e

nabl

es t

he p

rese

nt

lead

ers

ofIs

raeL

in

def

ianc

e of

wor

ld

opin

ion,

to

anne

x an

den

circ

le A

rab

Jeru

sale

m,

to

plan

t Is

rael

i se

ttle-

men

ts

on l

and

seiz

ed f

rom

th

e A

rabs

, to

pr

olon

gth

e m

iser

y of

th

e Pa

lest

inia

n re

fuge

es —

and

, by

thes

e ac

ts,

to m

ake

it ce

rtai

n th

at

ther

e w

ill

befu

rthe

r co

nflic

t in

the

Mid

dle

Eas

t.B

efor

e lo

ng

the

pres

sure

of

se

lf-i

nter

est

wil

lco

mpe

l th

e U

nite

d St

ates

to

re

-thi

nk

its

poli

cyth

ere.

How

muc

h be

tter

it

wou

ld

be

for

you

tom

ake

the

chan

ge n

ow o

n yo

ur

own

init

iati

ve

and

in

the

inte

rest

s of

ju

stic

e,

inte

rnat

iona

l m

oral

ity

and

wor

ld

peac

e —

rath

er

than

to

w

ait

unti

l yo

uar

e fo

rced

gru

dgin

gly

to d

o so

by

the

pres

sure

of

even

ts.

Let

us

mak

e th

is

clea

r: w

e ar

e no

t ur

ging

the

dest

ruct

ion

or

disa

ppea

ranc

e of

Is

rael

. W

hate

ver

one

may

fee

l ab

out

the

way

in

whi

ch I

srae

l ca

me 91

into

bei

ng a

nd a

bout

the

inj

usti

ce t

hen

infl

icte

d on

the

Pale

stin

ians

Is

rael

is

tod

ay a

fac

t. E

gypt

an

dJo

rdan

ha

ve

both

pu

blic

ly

stat

ed

that

th

ey

now

acce

pt t

he p

rese

nce

of

Isra

el,

prov

ided

it

is a

nIs

rael

con

fine

d be

hind

sec

ure

and

reco

gnis

ed b

oun-

dari

es.

But

w

hat

they

do

not

acce

pt i

s an

exp

an-

sion

ist

Isra

el b

ent

on r

etai

ning

pe

rman

ently

A

rab

terr

itor

y,

incl

udin

g A

rab

Jeru

sale

m,

acqu

ired

by

war

in

196

7.

Tod

ay

is t

he

twen

ty f

ifth

ann

iver

sary

of

th

efo

undi

ng

of t

he

Stat

e of

Isr

ael.

If t

he e

xpan

sion

ist

ambi

tion

s of

Isr

ael's

pr

esen

t ru

lers

ca

n be

cu

rbed

,th

e pe

ople

of

Isra

el

may

re

ason

ably

loo

k fo

rwar

d"to

a s

tabl

e an

d se

cure

fut

ure.

But

if

thos

e am

bitio

nsar

e no

t cu

rbed

and

Isr

ael

cont

inue

s to

thr

eate

n an

daf

fron

t ih

f -/

row

ing

pow

er o

f th

e A

rab

Wor

ld,

who

can

say

w aa

t th

e ou

tcom

e w

ill

be

or

how

m

any

mor

e an

nive

rsar

ies

Isra

el w

ill s

urvi

ve t

o ce

lebr

ate?

Tru

e fr

iend

ship

fo

r Is

rael

li

es

not

in

supp

orti

ngIs

rael

's l

eade

rs i

n th

eir

arro

gant

exp

ansi

onis

m b

utin

re

quir

ing

from

th

em

conc

iliat

ion

and

cons

ider

a-ti

on f

or t

he r

ight

s of

oth

ers.

We

repe

at:

the

key

to p

eace

is

in y

our

hand

s,M

r. Pr

esid

ent.

Use

it.

Und

o th

e de

adlo

ck a

nd o

pen

the

way

to

peac

e.

You

rs s

ince

rely

,

Pro

fess

or

Lel

io B

asso

,

Sena

tor

and

Pre

side

nt

of

the

Ital

o-A

rab

Cha

mbe

r of

Com

mer

ce;

Rom

e.C

ol.

Sir

T

ufto

n B

eam

ish,

M.C

., M

.P.

92

Hou

se o

f C

omm

ons,

Lon

don.

Sir

H

arol

d B

eele

y, K

.C.M

.G.,

C.B

.E.

form

er

Bri

tish

A

mba

ssad

or

to

Egy

pt;

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don.

Pro

fess

or

Reg

is B

lach

ere,

Mem

bre

de 1

'Ins

titut

, P

aris

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he

Rev

. P

rofe

ssor

Jo

hn

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shol

m

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vers

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lege

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ublin

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ajor

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erek

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oope

r, M

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ern.

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lin.

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rey

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.E.,

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form

er

Bri

tish

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mba

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to

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don.

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R

ev.

Cec

il du

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eaum

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ublin

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he

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r.

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nric

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tern

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uric

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en.

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l vo

n H

orn.

form

er

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ef

of

Staf

f of

U

.N.T

.S.O

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eden

,D

r.

John

de

C

ourc

y,W

rite

r,

the

Mar

itim

e In

stit

ute

of

Irel

and,

D

ublin

Col

in

Jack

son,

Lec

ture

r an

d br

oadc

aste

r,

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don.

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red

Jaco

b,

Deu

tsch

-Ara

bisc

he

Ges

ells

chaf

t,

Mun

ich.

Roy

Jo

hnst

on,

B.A

.. B

.Sc.

, P

h.D

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onsu

ltan

t, D

ublin

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iss

Ani

ta L

esli

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utho

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, D

ublin

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fess

or

Pie

rre

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thel

ot,

Del

egue

ge

nera

l de

la

ci

te

Inte

rnat

iona

le

de 1

'Uni

vers

ite

de P

aris

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hris

toph

er

May

hew

, M

.P.

form

er

Min

iste

r of

Def

ence

(N

avy

), H

ouse

of

Com

mon

s,

Lon

don.

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fess

or

Rog

er

McH

ugh,

P

h.D

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nive

rsit

y C

olle

ge,

Dub

lin.

Gen

eral

E

doua

rd

Jean

M

eric

,C

omm

andm

ant

de

la

Leg

ion

d'H

onne

ur,

Par

is.

Mis

s D

ervl

a M

urph

y,A

utho

ress

; L

ism

ore,

C

o.

Wat

erfo

rd,

Irel

and.

The

Rt.

Hon

. S

ir A

ntho

ny N

utti

ng,

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form

er

Min

iste

r of

St

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for

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ffai

rs;

auth

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don.

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arl

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squi

th,

K.C

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se o

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ords

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ir

John

R

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K

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tish

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nive

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