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After
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Years...
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Here are the real facts back of the strange dilemma in Palestine,
exclusive in
The Plain Truth,
from private interviews with chief
leaders of both Arabs and Zionist Jews.
he Jews once
again a NATION of
their own in Palestine.
after 2,550 years ! What
does it all mean?
What's back of this
world-shaking event? Is
this the prophesied regathering of
Israel back to the Holy Land?
The new nation was born in tur–
moil, and WAR between it and sur–
rounding Arab nations Rared out
immediately.
The new nation is a REPUBLIC. its
presiden! is in America. and it calls
itself, officially, " ISRAEL"!
All Topsy-Turvy
This is not the prophesied great
coming exodus of Israel back to Pal–
estine, but man-made blundering
and CONFUSION!
This is not the restoration of
Israel and of PEACE in the Holy
Land, but strife, misunderstanding,
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by
Herbert W.
Armstrong
lJPOL\TEON
THE ISRAEL-ARAB
QUESOON
The Plain Truth
is a/ways ahead
of its time! Over thirty years
ago,
The Plain Truth
published
this article which explained the
basic reasons for the curren/
Middle East strife. lt was cap–
tioned "J ews Are a Nation
Again," with personal interviews
with the two chief spokesmen for
each of 1he opposing factions.
The article is reproduced here
from the June
1948
issue.
bloodshed in open battle ! But WHY?
Why
do the Arabs so desperately
fight against this new " Israel"?
Why
do the Jews with such fanatical fer–
vor sacrifice lives and money for it?
What
is
prophesied. and what does
this have
10
do with il?
To bring you the true answers-
the PLAIN TRUTH
behind
the news
you read in newspapers and hear in
newscasts- 1 went to San Francisco
to interview the roan in charge of
Palestine relalions for lhe Arabs,
Sheik Hafiz Wabba, and later lo
London for anolher interview with
him. I went to New York for a
lhree-hour interview with llzhak
J.
Karpman. executive director of
the World Confederation of Gen–
eral Zionists. And the amazing, al–
most unb e li eva ble truth from
prophecy we bring you direct from
the Bible.
Why the Arabs Flght
My first interview with the sheik
from Arabia was at the San Fran–
cisco Conference in 1945. The in–
lerview was arranged two days in
advance. At the appointed hour 1
was ushered into his office in the
Fairmont Hotel. 1 found him at–
tired, not in the fiowing robes in
which the Arabian delegation had
so intrigued San Franciscans, but
The PLAIN TRUTH February 1979