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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
"What We Need Most ls
area, benefiting all
is for the Arabs to stop
make your magazine my
Peac e "
inhabitants. Arab infant
thinki ng of Jews as inferior
constant companion.
mortality dropped. Many
Dhimmi , unentitled to a state.
Gorman de los Santos
In his speech, reprinted in
Arabs immigrated from
Just as the Arabs attained
Helsinki, Finland
The Plain Truth
[January
neighboring areas, attracted
their independence through
1986]. Jordanian Minister
by high wages stemming from the creation this century of
Could you please send me
Abu Odeb states that an
Zionist capital investment.
21 countries, they should
a one year subscription of
historical relationship of
Despite these benefits,
understand that the lslamic
your magazine? lt's hard to
Arab-Jewish amity was
there were Arab attacks on
núnority of a núllion Jews
dri ve all around to get your
disrupted by the
the unarmed Jewish
deserved one country to
magazine each month .
establishment of a Jewish
community, many instigated
achieve their
Sometimes there are none
state in a territory "92-93
by powerful Arab landlords
self-determinat ion. Perhaps
left.
percent" owned by Arabs.
whose feudal grip over the
less obvious, the violent
Larry Hank
Thus, Arab efforts to destroy
peasantry was threatened by
turmoil among the Arabs in
Edmonton, Alberta
Israel are presented as
Jewish wage
the Middle East points up a
Young Pole Speaks Out
reasonable attempts to recover
competition . .. many Arab
fundamental inability on their
what rightfully belongs to the
leaders pressured the British
part to resolve disputes
1 enclose with this letter
Arabs.
to curtail European Jewish
through peaceful compromise,
my request for another twelve
Actually, the Jews and
immigration to Palestine,
a rellection of the
months' set of
The Plain
Arabs have not had an
trapping millions in the
undemocratic nature of their
Truth .
Having received the
historical relationship based
Holocaust.
societies. Until these problems pas t twelve issues of your
on equality. After the advent
The Zioni sts built their
are worked out , Arab
magazine 1 must comment on
of Islam in the seventh
settlements away from Arabs
predations must be checked
the very high standard of it.
century the Jews' refusal to
and respected their prívate
out by a strong Israel with
1 have learned much from
follow the new religion
property rights. British
secure borders.
your informative and unbiased
resulted in thei r relegation to
government statistics show
David Katcoff
articles, particularly
Dhimmi , or unbeliever status,
that on the eve of partition,
Chairman
" política!."
a position of social inferiority
Arabs owned 19.8% of the
Upstate New York Chapter
1 study pedagogics and for
relative to Moslems. When
land in Palestine, not the
Americans for a Safe Israel
me the most interesting was
Israel was founded , 800,000
92-93% claimed by Minister
Washington, D.C.
the serial publi cation "The
Jews carne from lslanúc lands Odeh. The 1947 U.N.
Plain Truth about Child
to settle there, often lleeing
partition plan gave the
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policy
Rearing." Also "The Way of
in fear, their property
Zionists only about 10% of
is
to
provide an
Peace They Know Not" by
confiscated by the new Arab
the area reserved for a Jewi sh
understanding of world events
Dan C. Taylor made me
regimes. Today, they and
state by the League of
from Bible prophecy and to
think. Your lnternational
their descendants form the
Nations. 78% of the original
inform our readers of the
Desk and News Overview are
majority of lsrael's
mandate having become the
various points of view of
very interesting, too.
population.
Arab Palestinian state of
national figures. including
J omasz Pacholski
For centuries, Palestine was
Jordan in 1946. The Zionists
Arab and Israelí leaders. In
Po1and
a small provincial backwater
were disappointed, but
a f orthcoming issue we will
Correspondence Course
in the empire of various
accepted the compromise. The
have an Israelí view f rom
conquerors, having been
Arabs rejected it, demanded
Consul General 1/an Elgar.
Thank you very much for
under T urkish rule for 400
100% of Palestine, and
New Subscrlber
this enlightening Bible
years untiJ the League of
attacked. The Arabs lost the
Correspondence Course.
lt
Nations gave it to Britain in
war and sorne territory and
1 want to thank you for
has made me realise that 1
1922 to ho1d in t rust as a
were burdened with many
welcoming me warml y as a
was looking at the Bible from
home1and for the Jews. Her
refugees as they had
new subscriber of your great
a biased point of view, i.e.
peoples were an ethnic mix:
encouraged their peop1e to
magazine. In fact I have
from the view of today's
Arabs, J ews, Kurds,
llee pending a Zionist defeat.
already received the
"Christianity." Is it any
Circassians and others. On
This pattern of Arab
introductory copy earlier this
wonder that 1 never really
the eve of the modern Zionist aggression followed by defeat
week; very educational and
began to understand it
effort, Palestine was large1y
and territorial loss has
enjoyab1e to read indeed.
before?
depopuJated. When visiting in
characterized Arab-Israelí
I'm looking forward with
The opposition that 1 have
1867, Mark Twain described
relations. Despite these
excitement to receive your
met has not put me off at all ,
it as "a desolate country ...
assaults, Arabs today in Israel next issue. 1 am a Filipino
in fact is further proof that
given to weeds . ... We
enjoy an equal vote with Jews working in Finland as a
the words of tbe Bible are
never saw a human being
in the only full democracy in
musician and 1 often travel
proved.
on t he wbo1e route."
the Middle East.
around the country as much
Diana
~acFadden
The Zionists revitalized the
Tbe obvious path to peace
as twice a month. 1 intend to
~erseyside,
England
May 1986
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