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Arabs in distress
By Nazir Majali

Two leading figures spoke out last week in a way that is hurtful to the Arab public in Israel. The first is "everyone's" President Shimon Peres and the second is Public Security Minister Avi Dichter. In the president's name, a good and serious plan for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was published here ("Olmert and Peres: Palestinian state on 100% of West Bank, with swaps," August 7), but it includes a most peculiar provision that proposes exchanges of territory between Israel inside the 1967 borders and the Palestinian state that will arise - which clearly also applies to Israeli-Arab locales that will be assigned to be part of this state, if they agree.

The writers of the article explained that in his proposal, Peres intended to mollify Yisrael Beiteinu so it would not resign from the coalition. However, he was not thinking about the Arabs of Israel, the vast majority of whom want to remain part of the State of Israel. And not only for geographical reasons. When the proposal to "open the exit door" comes from a person like Peres, of all people, whom many see as the last of the peace prophets, this is taken as further proof that "they don't want us." We can all imagine what the results of a thought like this are.

By way of contrast, Dichter, in his appearance at a Kadima rally in Shfaram, complained of the separatism that the Arabs of Israel are nurturing and wanted the Arab population of Israel to be "Israeli Arabs and not Palestinian Arabs." Dichter, who used to be head of the Shin Bet security service, has pretensions of knowing Arabic better than any Arab. But his knowledge has not prevented him from understanding that there is a problem with our belonging to the Palestinian people: Being Arabs is fine and dandy, but being Palestinians is forbidden - this is separatism.
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This is astounding. Does the learned minister not know that our belonging to the Palestinian people is an historical and even genetic fact? After all, there isn't an Arab-Israeli family that doesn't have relatives of the first or second degree in the territories or the Palestinian diaspora. And the entire Palestinian people, including us, the Arabs of Israel, is part of the Arab nation. Moreover, if a government minister who is supposedly conversant with the Arab issue thinks like this, why should he complain of the groups of fanatics and extremists who are inciting against us? In the best case, this is scornful and hurtful. And in any case, precisely a position like this impels us to separatism.

The Arabs of Israel are Arabs and they are Palestinians; this does not detract from them being Israelis and there is no need to alarm the Jews. The fact that they are Arabs, like the fact that they are Palestinians, has never been and will never be a problem for the State of Israel; the opposite is the case. It is with good reason that the state institutions have always made use of this for outside consumption: Both Peres and Dichter have often boasted to their foreign colleagues that there are Arab citizens in Israel.

The Arabs of Israel have not sufficiently been made use of in the attempts to achieve peace between their country and their people and their nation. Being part of the former and part of both of the latter, they can contribute a great deal. In the long term, the Arabs of Israel, being Israelis, can contribute to the reinforcement of the state's national strength. But the primary condition for this is the recognition of them and their status, giving them the feeling that they are part of the state, and that they are desired and permanent, not temporary.

The writer is a correspondent on Israeli issues in the Arabic media.
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  1.   You`re Not Israelis. 10:44  |  Terry 17/08/07
  2.   Respectively...this is rubbish 10:44  |  FOX 17/08/07
  3.   Only if Arab Muslims feel part of a JEWISH state 10:55  |  AV 17/08/07
  4.   The plain truth 10:56  |  sweis Melbourne 17/08/07
  5.   Our leaders, Nazir Majali, don`t need to share with us, Israeli 10:59  |  Raanan Cohen 17/08/07
  6.   Israeli Arabs are part of the problem- not the solution 11:01  |  Dani 17/08/07
  7.   Arab Israelis are no more welcome then Arab Arabs 11:17  |  Natallie Durson 17/08/07
  8.   Israeli Arabs are not constructs 11:21  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 17/08/07
  9.   # 6 Dani: Fifth Column? 11:24  |  Natallie Durson 17/08/07
  10.   this constant kissing up to 11:36  |  Jew 17/08/07
  11.   Let them choose 11:38  |  Bo 17/08/07
  12.   Bo 11:54  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 17/08/07
  13.   Cretin Durson,Ames Aldrich and Hanson were russkie spies 11:55  |  Absolute Sweden 17/08/07
  14.   Arabs, make your way out of distress 11:57  |  paravoz 17/08/07
  15.   Natallie Durson 12:10  |  Angelique 17/08/07
  16.   Your Islam religion calls for no tolerance to "infidels". 12:16  |  IRC 17/08/07
  17.   Jewish state 12:28  |  Mikael 17/08/07
  18.   A PLO state in Yesha will spread the terror inside the Green Line 12:38  |  Manhigut Yehudit 17/08/07
  19.   Margie in Tel Aviv - I beg your pardon 12:41  |  Bo 17/08/07
  20.   discriminated turn discriminators 12:45  |  ravi 17/08/07
  21.   Israeli Arabs / Palestinians 12:46  |  Paul Sandler 17/08/07
  22.   It is time to seriously consider drawing the future 12:49  |  Yehudah Israeli 17/08/07
  23.   #9 Natallie Durson: Yes- 5th column 12:57  |  Dani 17/08/07
  24.   Parovoz back to Kolomna! 13:04  |  Andreas 17/08/07
  25.   #14 paravoz 13:04  |  Martin 17/08/07
  26.   #16 IRC in Birmingham - Want some quotes? 13:07  |  Terry 17/08/07
  27.   #17 Mikael 13:09  |  Martin 17/08/07
  28.   #20 Ravi 13:23  |  Martin 17/08/07
  29.   Bo 13:27  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 17/08/07
  30.   Given and regected 13:32  |  Dr David I. Gross 17/08/07
  31.   #8 fake Margie 13:39  |  Ben 17/08/07
  32.   #19 Bo 13:41  |  Labhras 17/08/07
  33.   They are the avant-garde of the one state solution 13:50  |  Fritz 17/08/07
  34.   # 6 you`re right dani, but just a part... 13:58  |  eric 17/08/07
  35.   The idea of moving whole villages 13:58  |  Natan and Liora 17/08/07
  36.   #26 Quotes 14:07  |  IRC 17/08/07
  37.   Natalie Durson, shallow at best #7 14:10  |  FOX 17/08/07
  38.   The Israeli Arab way is to suck up to the enemy 14:10  |  Maimon 17/08/07
  39.   I disagree 14:12  |  indrajaya 17/08/07
  40.   Makael`s misnomer #17 14:19  |  FOX 17/08/07
  41.   I consider you Israeli 14:23  |  Israeli guy 17/08/07
  42.   Bassakwards as usual 14:38  |  David Teich 17/08/07
  43.   People, don`t you believe in fairness & reciprocity? 14:39  |  Terry 17/08/07
  44.   Re: 27 14:50  |  Mikael 17/08/07
  45.   Re: Makael`s misnomer #17 15:07  |  Mikael 17/08/07
  46.   #36 IRC 15:07  |  Martin 17/08/07
  47.   Bo RE: MARGIE #12 15:10  |  GABE1 17/08/07
  48.   #37 Indrajaya 15:10  |  Martin 17/08/07
  49.   indrajaya, so you finally agree with many of us, Israelis, 15:13  |  Eitan 17/08/07
  50.   #34 eric spells out the nuttiest post ive seen yet !! 15:14  |  victor hardman 17/08/07
  51.   IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH PEACE, COMPLETELY A DIFFERENT ISSUE 15:17  |  indrajaya 17/08/07
  52.   #34 ERIC THE PSEUDO ARAB WRITES ON ROCKS 15:18  |  paul harris 17/08/07
  53.   Better Peace Apart 15:20  |  Shalom Freedman 17/08/07
  54.   #36 IRC in Birmingham - Not just quotes. 15:22  |  Terry 17/08/07
  55.   indrajaya! 15:26  |  Maimon 17/08/07
  56.   No. 1 Terry 15:30  |  steve 17/08/07
  57.   It`s not rational to expect Israeli Arabs to be loyal to Israel. 15:40  |  Chaim 17/08/07
  58.   Terry 15:46  |  Tareq 17/08/07
  59.   Peace with the Arabs starts at home 15:57  |  Rami 17/08/07
  60.   If only it were true, but you have shown it to be false 15:58  |  McQueen 17/08/07
  61.   They should accept redrawn lines.They are an obstacle to peace 15:59  |  McQueen 17/08/07
  62.   If Israel were attacked and Arab towns were conquered, what then? 16:03  |  McQueen 17/08/07
  63.   Mikael and `should` and `must` 16:05  |  Jasmine Murphy 17/08/07
  64.   #35 Natan & Liora 16:09  |  Rami 17/08/07
  65.   Ben 16:09  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 17/08/07
  66.   THE CYPRUS MODEL or THE UNITED STATES OF ISRAEL (Part Two) 16:12  |  Atilla Karagozoglu 17/08/07
  67.   Margie in Tel Aviv 16:15  |  GABE1 17/08/07
  68.   Margie in Tel Aviv 16:17  |  GABE1 17/08/07
  69.   Bo # 11 16:20  |  ChanahS 17/08/07
  70.   Margie -The SO CALLED PERSONAL ATTACK 16:21  |  GABE1 17/08/07
  71.   # 16 IRC birmingham the lying bigot 16:23  |  ChanahS 17/08/07
  72.   Mikael # 17 16:26  |  ChanahS 17/08/07
  73.   Re. Jasmine Murphy 16:27  |  Mikael 17/08/07
  74.   Rami from Nazareth, that is exactly the point: Enabling people in 16:27  |  Reut Ami-Ram 17/08/07
  75.   Atilla 16:36  |  Margie bargie 17/08/07
  76.   Land exchange 16:44  |  17 17/08/07
  77.   #57 ChanahS 16:47  |  IRC 17/08/07
  78.   IRC # 16 16:48  |  Harah Yaakov Harel 17/08/07
  79.   Terry # 40 16:51  |  Rami 17/08/07
  80.   Mikael about the Jewish State 16:59  |  Reut Ami-Ram 17/08/07
  81.   Re:67 16:59  |  Mikael 17/08/07
  82.   jewish with state arab minority or binational non jewish state 17:03  |  zionist forever 17/08/07
  83.   haaretz ! you cant answer this ! 17:07  |  atilla 17/08/07
  84.   The Israeli Declaration of Independence 17:18  |  Bernie 17/08/07
  85.   Israel at peace will be different from Israel now 17:19  |  Tosefta 17/08/07
  86.   @1, terry, i agree completely 17:21  |  vladimir 17/08/07
  87.   to Zionist Forever 17:23  |  Bernie 17/08/07
  88.   Rami, you have a point but.. 17:35  |  Maimon 17/08/07
  89.   THE CYPRUS MODEL or THE UNITED STATES OF ISRAEL (Part One) 17:35  |  Liman 17/08/07
  90.   @24, andreas back v pizdu vosh ebanaia. 17:35  |  viktor 17/08/07
  91.   Israeli Arabs Need To Show More Loyalty to The State 17:40  |  Sanna 17/08/07
  92.   #79 Rami - I was being sarcastic. 17:46  |  Terry 17/08/07
  93.   #17 Mikael - Jewish state 17:48  |  17 17/08/07
  94.   #44 Mikael 17:51  |  Martin 17/08/07
  95.   #59 Rami Israeli Arabs and responsibility 17:52  |  peter 17/08/07
  96.   #87 Bernie and selective nationalism 18:16  |  peter 17/08/07
  97.   The 1967 line is not a border 18:23  |  KUTW 17/08/07
  98.   Margie in Tel Aviv 18:25  |  Bo 17/08/07
  99.   "open the exit door" 18:29  |  KUTW 17/08/07
  100.   Dichter is right 18:35  |  KUTW 17/08/07
  101.   The Arabs, part of the Arab nation 18:38  |  KUTW 17/08/07
  102.   joke 18:41  |  ka 17/08/07
  103.   #87 Bernie 18:45  |  Martin 17/08/07
  104.   7. Natallie Durson: Arabs in Israel 18:55  |  KUTW 17/08/07
  105.   Gabe1 and Margie in Tel Aviv 18:56  |  CHGODMK 17/08/07
  106.   Margie-As per Karim 18:58  |  GABE1 17/08/07
  107.   9. Natallie Durson Fifth Column 18:59  |  KUTW 17/08/07
  108.   I`m With Rami 100% 19:00  |  Jane 17/08/07
  109.   Absorbing Conquered Minorities 19:00  |  Mark of Lewiston 17/08/07
  110.   Margie in Tel Aviv Re #70 19:02  |  GABE1 17/08/07
  111.   To Terry #1 - Israeli Arabs should be annexed to Palestine 19:15  |  Rafi 17/08/07
  112.   Do they WANT to be Israelis? 19:17  |  Alicia 17/08/07
  113.   98 KUTW - The Arabs, part of the Arab nation 19:23  |  Mark of Lewiston 17/08/07
  114.   #32 Labhras 19:24  |  Bo 17/08/07
  115.   48 Arabs 19:26  |  Najeeb 17/08/07
  116.   #83 To Atilla with the editors´ consent 19:31  |  Alicia 17/08/07
  117.   Blame yourself 19:32  |  Gene 17/08/07
  118.   CHGODMK #105 19:36  |  GABE1 17/08/07
  119.   To # 2 re Bedouin 19:42  |  David 17/08/07
  120.   Rami #79 19:44  |  GABE1 17/08/07
  121.   YOU ARE WAS WRONG TO LEAVE YOUR LAND WHITOUT SECURITY BARRIER!!!! 19:55  |  ARAB HAD FACTO!!!! 17/08/07
  122.   Nonsense 20:18  |  Avram 17/08/07
  123.   Live with us or get out - No 120 20:23  |  Palestinian Brit 17/08/07
  124.   The big picture 20:27  |  Michael N 17/08/07
  125.   # 7, Yes, yes, Fatma, they all should go... 20:29  |  Misha 17/08/07
  126.   Thank you Jane 20:30  |  Rami 17/08/07
  127.   tp peter #95 20:34  |  Rami 17/08/07
  128.   to Gabe1 (no city/no state) 20:39  |  Rami 17/08/07
  129.   113: As usual, Mark Lewiston is confused 20:43  |  David Teich 17/08/07
  130.   Rami #126 20:53  |  GABE1 17/08/07
  131.   On extremism 20:57  |  KUTW 17/08/07
  132.   The problem for Israelis not a noun 21:02  |  KUTW 17/08/07
  133.   Role of Israeli Arabs 21:09  |  Fahmi Natour 17/08/07
  134.   113 Mark of Lewiston 21:10  |  KUTW 17/08/07
  135.   # 116 Alicia 21:16  |  a.k. 17/08/07
  136.   # 34 Now Eric; You can well turn it around! 21:18  |  KATH` 17/08/07
  137.   Role of Israeli Arabs-Part2 21:19  |  F. Natour 17/08/07
  138.   129 Geez, David 21:28  |  Mark of Lewiston 17/08/07
  139.   Jewish state 21:44  |  Gene Warech 17/08/07
  140.   Rami 21:51  |  Kerry Winn 17/08/07
  141.   Furthermore 3 21:54  |  Fahmi Natour 17/08/07
  142.   to Tosefta 21:58  |  Goldenberg 17/08/07
  143.   A Jewish and Democratic state 22:02  |  Tosefta 17/08/07
  144.   To Rami 22:03  |  CM 17/08/07
  145.   # 8 Margie in Tel Aviv.Israeli Arabs are not contructs.Agree,BUT! 22:04  |  KATH` 17/08/07
  146.   Is Israel a western form of Iran? 22:08  |  Kris 17/08/07
  147.   Margie in Tel Aviv: Checkers, Arabs and Jews 22:43  |  CHGODMK 17/08/07
  148.   146. Kris: That comparison does not make sense 22:44  |  KUTW 17/08/07
  149.   #17, 44 Mikael 22:45  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 17/08/07
  150.   To Andreas 24 and Viktor 22:48  |  CM 17/08/07
  151.   #73, Mikael 22:52  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 17/08/07
  152.   143 Jewish FIRST, Democracy Second 22:58  |  pace306 17/08/07
  153.   Margie in Tel Aviv: The Diaspora and Israel 22:58  |  CHGODMK 17/08/07
  154.   #59, Rami, 100% correct 23:00  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 17/08/07
  155.   CH..& Gabe 23:08  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 17/08/07
  156.   pawns and checkers CH 23:12  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 17/08/07
  157.   Margie in Tel Aviv: Nothing Personal 23:21  |  CHGODMK 17/08/07
  158.   #146, Kris 23:35  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 17/08/07
  159.   kicking Jews out of the west bank 23:36  |  Gene Warech 17/08/07
  160.   How dumb can people get? The Arabs don`t want to be 23:38  |  Reuven 17/08/07
  161.   Why Arabs want to live in Israel? 23:44  |  Affro Man 17/08/07
  162.   #127 Rami wrong turn 23:45  |  peter 17/08/07
  163.   CHGODMK`s personal red herrings 23:50  |  peter 17/08/07
  164.   Margie in Tel Aviv 23:56  |  CHGODMK 17/08/07
  165.   Ch 23:57  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 17/08/07
  166.   Rami -- Always enjoy reading your posts 00:05  |  Gina 18/08/07
  167.   Mark of Lewiston 00:21  |  Danite 18/08/07
  168.   Rami Hello 00:24  |  Danite 18/08/07
  169.   # 150 CM - To Andreas 24 and Viktor 00:25  |  17 18/08/07
  170.   Mark Of lewiston #138 00:27  |  Danite 18/08/07
  171.   CHGODMK 00:31  |  Danite 18/08/07
  172.   Margie in Tel Aviv 00:40  |  CHGODMK 18/08/07
  173.   great idea 00:47  |  nasreen the druze 18/08/07
  174.   Peter of Montreal 00:54  |  CHGODMK 18/08/07
  175.   Israeli or palestinian? 01:02  |  Gene Warech 18/08/07
  176.   A constitution and bill of rights 01:03  |  Pssd Off American 18/08/07
  177.   Affro Man 01:07  |  Pssd Off American 18/08/07
  178.   occupied minority? 01:07  |  Gene Warech 18/08/07
  179.   Division is only reality 01:13  |  jlynch 18/08/07
  180.   # 137 - Israeli Arabs need representative leadership 01:16  |  Slibovitz 18/08/07
  181.   Choosing a path 01:16  |  Silverfox 18/08/07
  182.   Paul Harris 01:21  |  Stephen Connor 18/08/07
  183.   Danite 01:24  |  CHGODMK 18/08/07
  184.   welcome Rafi 01:26  |  Gene Warech 18/08/07
  185.   If necessary, Israel must defend itself by draconian means 01:26  |  Hal 18/08/07
  186.   Israeli Arab Christians 01:28  |  Gene Warech 18/08/07
  187.   Islam isnt a "religion" but a virulent political ideology 01:32  |  Joe 18/08/07
  188.   pace306 - you make absurd demands of Arabs 01:38  |  Pssd Off American 18/08/07
  189.   No we cant "all just get along"; Islam makes peace impossible 01:39  |  Joe 18/08/07
  190.   Mark of Lewiston - we have a problem 01:51  |  Mark Lincoln 18/08/07
  191.   Natour, it is impossible to make peace with Palestinian Muslims. 01:53  |  Hal 18/08/07
  192.   peter of Montreal #163 01:54  |  GABE1 18/08/07
  193.   Come on Danite 01:54  |  Mark Lincoln 18/08/07
  194.   A Constitution and Bill of Rights - P `O` ed American 01:57  |  Mark Lincoln 18/08/07
  195.   Nail them Danite 01:59  |  Mark Lincoln 18/08/07
  196.   Danite reveals a Zionist heart 02:02  |  Mark Lincoln 18/08/07
  197.   #186 - Gene Warech on the IDF 02:03  |  Slibovitz 18/08/07
  198.   Indigenous Israeli Christians serve in Israel`s army! 02:04  |  Hal 18/08/07
  199.   Arabs in the land 02:06  |  Gene Warech 18/08/07
  200.   Hal, sounds familiar 02:06  |  Pssd Off American 18/08/07
  201.   Missing the Point 02:14  |  Mark of Lewiston 18/08/07
  202.   58# Rami. It seems we can`t dream even in Paradise! 02:26  |  Akram Zekaria 18/08/07
  203.   #191 HAL 02:37  |  ELIAS KHOURY 18/08/07
  204.   Rami-# 59-Israeli Arabs 03:03  |  Daniel Leopold 18/08/07
  205.   167 Danite 03:05  |  Mark of Lewiston 18/08/07
  206.   Khoury 03:35  |  Hal 18/08/07
  207.   Elias Khoury 03:37  |  Walid 18/08/07
  208.   Khoury, you might be Jewish? 03:41  |  Hal 18/08/07
  209.   Peter, Hativka Says ` I am Jew` 03:57  |  Bernie 18/08/07
  210.   Khoury 03:57  |  Hal 18/08/07
  211.   Martin, Why Don`t Christians Need a State? 04:01  |  Bernie 18/08/07
  212.   Gabe, Why do the Arabs Have to Concede that they are a Minority? 04:07  |  Bernie 18/08/07
  213.   Gene, You are More Educated than Many 04:10  |  Bernie 18/08/07
  214.   oh, that`s right, all of the Saudi Arabian Christians are dead. 04:10  |  Hal 18/08/07
  215.   178 Gene Warech 04:20  |  Mark of Lewiston 18/08/07
  216.   Norway is a Christian state. The state Church is Lutheran. 04:36  |  Hal 18/08/07
  217.   to IRC 04:38  |  citizen zero 18/08/07
  218.   #198, Hal 04:39  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 18/08/07
  219.   Mark of Lewiston and Danite 04:45  |  Walid 18/08/07
  220.   Secularism is a religion. Judaism isnt Secularism. 04:47  |  Hal 18/08/07
  221.   Hal, Abraham died 4500 years ago. 04:49  |  Bernie 18/08/07
  222.   Jews have different challenges 04:50  |  Hal 18/08/07
  223.   Natallie Durson 04:52  |  CHGODMK 18/08/07
  224.   Hal, How Has Hezbollah Ever Discriminated Against NonMuslims 04:55  |  Bernie 18/08/07
  225.   to Hal 04:55  |  Geoff 18/08/07
  226.   absolute sweden 13 05:17  |  realism 18/08/07
  227.   angelique 15 05:19  |  realism 18/08/07
  228.   Hal: Not to mention... 05:20  |  CHGODMK 18/08/07
  229.   #97 KUTW needs to reconsider the meaning of "generous" 05:20  |  Johnboy 18/08/07
  230.   dani 23 05:22  |  realism 18/08/07
  231.   #220, Hal 05:28  |  Cipora Julianna kohn 18/08/07
  232.   Cipora 05:35  |  Hal 18/08/07
  233.   Racism is alive and well in Israel 05:38  |  Janice 18/08/07
  234.   Natalie 05:59  |  john 18/08/07
  235.   Mark Lincoln 06:01  |  Danite 18/08/07
  236.   Jews are the aborigines of Judea 06:01  |  Hal 18/08/07
  237.   You want ONE instance only Gabe? 06:08  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 18/08/07
  238.   Mark Of Lewiston 06:12  |  Danite 18/08/07
  239.   Walid wrong 06:21  |  Danite 18/08/07
  240.   Geoff, it is treason to empower enemies who harm Jews 06:26  |  Hal 18/08/07
  241.   Cipora 06:35  |  Hal 18/08/07
  242.   Cipora Julianna Kohn ("Provocateurs") 06:35  |  CHGODMK 18/08/07
  243.   Danit, thank you for your remark.. 06:35  |  Rami 18/08/07
  244.   Thank you Gina (no city/no state) 06:36  |  Rami 18/08/07
  245.   #232, Hal 06:40  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 18/08/07
  246.   CHGODMK 06:57  |  Danite 18/08/07
  247.   #231, CHGODMK 06:59  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 18/08/07
  248.   Rami Marachaba Fik 07:04  |  Danite 18/08/07
  249.   Hal, Cipora is Right 07:06  |  Bernie 18/08/07
  250.   Rami 07:08  |  CHGODMK 18/08/07
  251.   In Israel, Jews are aborigines, Muslims arent. 07:16  |  Hal 18/08/07
  252.   Cipora Julianna Kohn 07:32  |  CHGODMK 18/08/07
  253.   Janice #233 07:55  |  CHGODMK 18/08/07
  254.   #249, Bernie, if I am right, and I am, then 07:55  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 18/08/07
  255.   Talkbacks by Jews on Shabat 07:55  |  Hal 18/08/07
  256.   Cipora Julianna Kohn #245 08:02  |  CHGODMK 18/08/07
  257.   #255, Hal, completely wrong 08:18  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 18/08/07
  258.   #253 CHGODMK 08:19  |  Janice 18/08/07
  259.   Danite 08:29  |  CHGODMK 18/08/07
  260.   Cipora 08:32  |  Hal 18/08/07
  261.   #256, CHGODMK 08:39  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 18/08/07
  262.   #260 Hal 08:47  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 18/08/07
  263.   Talkback by Jews on Shabat 08:47  |  Hal 18/08/07
  264.   Danite 08:50  |  Walid 18/08/07
  265.   The US is a democracy, yet Native Americans have their own govt 08:57  |  Hal 18/08/07
  266.   Palestinian Christian? No 251 09:02  |  Palestinian Brit 18/08/07
  267.   Cipora Julianna Kohn 09:06  |  CHGODMK 18/08/07
  268.   they are Jew, Arab, Israeli 09:38  |  Gene Warech 18/08/07
  269.   Bernie, why do you have to live in the US? 09:42  |  Gene Warech 18/08/07
  270.   Haaretz Censors 09:50  |  CHGODMK 18/08/07
  271.   borders 09:58  |  Gene Warech 18/08/07
  272.   Jews in Arab homes No 269 10:13  |  Palestinian Brit 18/08/07
  273.   Brazil and israel 10:26  |  Rodrigo 18/08/07
  274.   someone who doesn`t know the ten lost tribes!!! 10:30  |  Gene Warech 18/08/07
  275.   238 Danite 11:09  |  Mark of Lewiston 18/08/07
  276.   The Really Plain Truth 11:22  |  Yosemite 18/08/07
  277.   Yosemite, that is so not a fair fight! 11:34  |  Joe 18/08/07
  278.   Rodrigo, sounding Silly #273 11:34  |  FOX 18/08/07
  279.   #273 Rodrigo 11:40  |  Alicia 18/08/07
  280.   138: Of course you didn`t, Mark. You`re a fool 12:03  |  David Teich 18/08/07
  281.   Parallels, Quebec-Israeli Arabs 12:05  |  FOX 18/08/07
  282.   Arabs in Israel 12:57  |  KUTW 18/08/07
  283.   Rodrigo from Brazil #273 - your observations have a point 13:09  |  dana 18/08/07
  284.   Cipora, I do Not Believe in the Arab Nation 14:40  |  Bernie 18/08/07
  285.   HAL 14:42  |  17 18/08/07
  286.   Gene You Totally Misunderstand Me 14:48  |  Bernie 18/08/07
  287.   #15 15:15  |  Amy 18/08/07
  288.   Inequality and the equal obligations of all citizens 15:21  |  De 18/08/07
  289.   Needing a source (Hal #236) 15:31  |  Tosefta 18/08/07
  290.   283 nada projects and pronounces 16:03  |  peter 18/08/07
  291.   Bernie keep your carrot 16:13  |  peter 18/08/07
  292.   Dana from the USA to Rodrigo from Brazil ABOUT ISRAEL 16:14  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 18/08/07
  293.   Bernie #212 16:25  |  Gabe1 18/08/07
  294.   Dana in Sunnyvale #283 16:42  |  ChanahS 18/08/07
  295.   Majali`s job as an Arab Mk 16:45  |  ChanahS 18/08/07
  296.   Anti-Zionism 16:58  |  Is Anti-semitism 18/08/07
  297.   Hal #251 16:59  |  Peter H 18/08/07
  298.   Reasons for anti-zionism 17:04  |  continued 18/08/07
  299.   Haifa is a place of peace 17:21  |  and coexistence 18/08/07
  300.   #283 Dana - good point in first paragraph 17:47  |  Smadar 18/08/07
  301.   Israel at peace will be different, Syrian and Arab 18:04  |  Tosefta (the Syrian) 18/08/07
  302.   Tosefta - we have you as a SOURCE of Canaanite 18:08  |  Juli 18/08/07
  303.   Margie in the UK #292 and DANA 18:12  |  GABE1 18/08/07
  304.   # 296 18:37  |  ChanahS 18/08/07
  305.   Hal, no sir, I`m a proud Orthodox Christian 18:38  |  Elias Khoury 18/08/07
  306.   Hal #210, very doubtful 18:42  |  Elias Khoury 18/08/07
  307.   Smadar in Canada 18:44  |  Jasmine Murphy 18/08/07
  308.   Hal #214, keep on dreaming pal 18:46  |  Elias Khoury 18/08/07
  309.   CHGODMK Hello 19:11  |  Danite 18/08/07
  310.   Walid 19:16  |  danite 18/08/07
  311.   By the way Hal 19:16  |  Elias Khoury 18/08/07
  312.   280 David Teich - Thanks for Your Kind Words 19:18  |  Mark of Lewiston 18/08/07
  313.   #211 Bernie 19:19  |  Martin 18/08/07
  314.   Mark of Lewiston hello 19:19  |  Danite 18/08/07
  315.   #224 Bernie 19:28  |  Martin 18/08/07
  316.   # 296 Haifa is place of peaceand coexistence 19:55  |  tbora 18/08/07
  317.   Who is really Nazir Majali? 20:03  |  Frank 18/08/07
  318.   Dana -- 283 20:15  |  Gina 18/08/07
  319.   Martin 20:22  |  Gina 18/08/07
  320.   Elias Khoury 20:29  |  Gina 18/08/07
  321.   they did not come her from elsewhere 20:35  |  Hisham 18/08/07
  322.   Haaretz 20:39  |  danite 18/08/07
  323.   CHGODMK PS 20:48  |  Danite 18/08/07
  324.   229Johnboy: The Green Line is a cease-fire line 20:50  |  KUTW 18/08/07
  325.   CIPORA #247 20:56  |  GABE ! 18/08/07
  326.   Margie in the UK #237 20:58  |  GABE1 18/08/07
  327.   #109 Mark of Lewiston 21:00  |  Jimmy 18/08/07
  328.   Margie in the UK and Dana @292 21:02  |  GABE1 18/08/07
  329.   To Elias 21:09  |  Victor 18/08/07
  330.   Segregated schools? No 21:09  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 18/08/07
  331.   #21`6 Hal / Norway 21:19  |  Boycott 18/08/07
  332.   #171 Danite: just a minute! 21:20  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 18/08/07
  333.   Elias Khoury 21:20  |  danite 18/08/07
  334.   dana #283 (from ChanahS) 21:25  |  S 18/08/07
  335.   #231 Cipora Julianna Kohn / Hal 21:26  |  Boycott 18/08/07
  336.   Gabe, And If the Quebec Population becomes 25,000 21:45  |  Bernie 18/08/07
  337.   Martin, There are Only 3 Muslim States 21:48  |  Bernie 18/08/07
  338.   Martin, That is Not What Happened 21:54  |  Bernie 18/08/07
  339.   Dana`s facts from California 22:01  |  Tzfonit 18/08/07
  340.   # 332 Boycott 22:10  |  17 18/08/07
  341.   318. Hisham: Arabs came from Arabia 22:17  |  KUTW 18/08/07
  342.   What a load of tripe 22:25  |  Alon Fisher 18/08/07
  343.   327 Jimmy of Glasgow 22:46  |  Mark of Lewiston 18/08/07
  344.   ORT-Kadima Mad`a 22:59  |  2007 science project 18/08/07
  345.   Danite 23:01  |  Walid 18/08/07
  346.   AMPLIFYING 23:06  |  JOJO 18/08/07
  347.   #326 Gabe: Very strange 23:12  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 18/08/07
  348.   Armistice line versus border. 23:16  |  Labhras 18/08/07
  349.   Bernie`s flaw #336f 23:19  |  FOX 18/08/07
  350.   Arab Israelis 23:26  |  Jack Kaston 18/08/07
  351.   Elias Khoury 23:27  |  Walid 18/08/07
  352.   Israeli Arabs Must Look Westwards 23:55  |  SM 18/08/07
  353.   Shalom, Arab brother 00:01  |  Marco 19/08/07
  354.   #337 Bernie 00:13  |  Martin 19/08/07
  355.   Thanks DANA for enlightening us! 00:22  |  Gil 19/08/07
  356.   #338 Bernie 00:25  |  Martin 19/08/07
  357.   Bernie #336 00:42  |  GABE1 19/08/07
  358.   #337 Bernie 00:44  |  Martin 19/08/07
  359.   IT takes 2 to Tango.Leading Israeli Arab figures calling for war 00:44  |  PETER SM 19/08/07
  360.   Margie in Tel Aviv 00:52  |  Danite 19/08/07
  361.   Tzfonit #339 00:53  |  GABE! 19/08/07
  362.   Smadar #300 - Jewish "purity" 00:54  |  dana 19/08/07
  363.   Margie in the UK 00:56  |  GABE1 19/08/07
  364.   dana`s racisim on display 00:58  |  Danite 19/08/07
  365.   BOYCOTT.Which religious festival is a national holiday in the USA 01:01  |  PETER SM 19/08/07
  366.   Danite and Elias on Falafel 01:01  |  Tosefta (the Syrian) 19/08/07
  367.   Bernie 01:04  |  Danite 19/08/07
  368.   channaS #294 - singing to her own tune, as usual 01:06  |  dana 19/08/07
  369.   margie in TA - on learning from the internet 01:18  |  dana 19/08/07
  370.   GABE 1 #303 - partial agreement 01:31  |  dana 19/08/07
  371.   Gina #318 - Judaism and Separatism 01:46  |  dana 19/08/07
  372.   Dana #344 01:51  |  GABE1 19/08/07
  373.   Most of you are a disgrace to the Jewish people! 01:51  |  Yered Shmuel 19/08/07
  374.   #283, dana 02:03  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 19/08/07
  375.   Hi there S #334 - Glad to see 02:11  |  dana 19/08/07
  376.   Smadar #300 - on Jewish "purity" 2nd Try 02:18  |  dana 19/08/07
  377.   #324 KUTW wrong in the first line 02:23  |  Johnboy 19/08/07
  378.   Double talk 02:29  |  what do you mean? 19/08/07
  379.   209 Bernie- picking at lies 02:33  |  peter 19/08/07
  380.   Dana and the internet 02:37  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 19/08/07
  381.   nada on the loose 02:41  |  peter 19/08/07
  382.   Gabe1 pick your battles 02:51  |  peter 19/08/07
  383.   Gabe = who is the liar? 02:52  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 19/08/07
  384.   Gabe = who is the liar? 02:52  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 19/08/07
  385.   Lefties never get that coexistent with the Muslim impossible. 02:57  |  e.m 19/08/07
  386.   Divorce 03:42  |  Ron 19/08/07
  387.   peter of Montreal #353 03:48  |  GABE1 19/08/07
  388.   If it is election time 03:52  |  God help us all 19/08/07
  389.   #364, Danite 04:00  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 19/08/07
  390.   #376, dana 04:13  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 19/08/07
  391.   Dana 04:14  |  Gina 19/08/07
  392.   USA separation church and state 04:15  |  arabs in distress 19/08/07
  393.   Israeli Arabs - the key to the Arab world 04:29  |  Moises 19/08/07
  394.   Rami #59 - assalam alekum! 04:42  |  Moises 19/08/07
  395.   Danite 04:44  |  CHGODMK 19/08/07
  396.   Gabe1 false constructs 04:45  |  peter 19/08/07
  397.   Peter of Montreal re-Margie 04:49  |  GABE1 19/08/07
  398.   Dana Re #372 04:57  |  GABE1 19/08/07
  399.   IRC: "peanuts are high in fiber" - Isaia 20:5 05:00  |  Moises 19/08/07
  400.   Margie in the UK #383/384 05:04  |  GABE1 19/08/07
  401.   Unfortunately Martin 05:22  |  Bernie 19/08/07
  402.   Peter, Stop Deflecting My Point 05:26  |  Bernie 19/08/07
  403.   Danite, It Doesn`t Matter if I like it 05:29  |  Bernie 19/08/07
  404.   Martin, I Know Both Sides Very Well 05:33  |  Bernie 19/08/07
  405.   CLAPTRAP 05:57  |  Stephen Connor 19/08/07
  406.   Gabe1 05:59  |  Gourevitch 19/08/07
  407.   Walid how typical of you 06:18  |  danite 19/08/07
  408.   margie and Arab arrogance 06:22  |  danite 19/08/07
  409.   Dana #376 06:28  |  Read 19/08/07