Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-21
Isruef's Record

lea is to blame for the anti
United States feeling. Bias
against Israel has led Miss
Thompson to forget facts and
ignore logic.
Miss Thompson throws re-
sponsibility for the lot of the
Arab refugees on Israel. where
as there are living witnesses
and irrefutable documents
that the refugees left their
homes by command of Arab
leaders, and it is they who are
to blame for their misfortune.
and who. in all justice. should
seek to adjust their lives. To
ask for the return of the Arab
refugees to Israel is unrealistic
and unfair, since neither they
nor Israel could adjust to
such an eventuality. Fur
thermore, this would re-
ouire turning out of their
homes hundreds of thousands
of Jewish refugees. most Of
whom had been forced to leave
Arab countries and become
refugees themselves. If the
Arab leaders and people are
so compassionate about the
lot of the refugees. why do
they reject migrating them
into their economy. allowing
them to work. in their towns
and villages, or permit them to
settle on their vast empty
spaces? Isn't this because they
would rather use the refugee
problem as a political instru-
ment for their internal and
external politics?
AS to the United Nations
resolution of 1947. Miss
Thompson conveniently for
gets that the Arabs and their
apologists consistently refused
to accept this resolution. of
which recognition Of Israel
was the major object. Their
adherence now to the reSolu-
ton is simply a device to
weaken and destroy Israel and
thus undo the basic decision
of the United Nations-the
establishment of the Jewish
State. Miss Thompson also con-
veniently ignores the fact that
this resolution called for q
separate Arab state in Pales-
tine. west of the Jordan. and
for an economic union Of this
state with Israel. Would the
lady and the Arab states also
advocate that Jordan give up
this territory? Isn't it a fact
that all they are after is to
cut of the major parts of
Israel. and leave Der helpless
and weak. at the mercy of her
Arab neighhors?
Miss Thompson claims that
the Arabs are originally and
enormously pro American"
This should be news to any
one with a better memory.
Where were the Arabs during
World War II. when America
and the democratic world were
fighting against such odds
with the Nazi-Fascist dicta-
tors? Didn't the Arabs in Iraq
revolt against Britain. an
American ally? Did Egypt lift
finger to help the allied
armies against Rommel's At
RIGA Corps? Didn't the Egyp-
tian leadership connive with
the Nazis to betray America
and her allies?
Harry foreigner,
Chairman, Commission on
Israel and the Middle East
Zionist Organization Of
America.
Would Miss Thompson have
1t that the lone and a quar-
ter million" souls who were
gathered into Israel from the
ends of the earth remained in
the displaced persons camps
and other refugee shelters as
a burden on governments
already overburdened with
troubles Of their own? Deep
down in her heart I am Ger
tain she must admire the rec
ord made by the State Of
Israel in rehabilitation Of
these million souls, which is
unparalleled in contemporary
history.
The statement that the
Arabs are being treated as
"Grade B citizens" is entirely
unwarranted. There are at the
present time in the State of
Israel 10000 Moslem Arabs
who have been given every
freedom of movement and OPP
portunity to work out their
destiny. They have full citi-
Zenship rights; and five of
their own members in the
Israeli Parliament. Israel is
living up to the commandment
which is the basis of all in
stitutions of liberty and free
dom: "And If a stranger So
journ with thee in your land,
We shall not do him wrong. The
stranger that sojourneth with
you shall be unto you as the
home-born among you, and
thou shalt love him as thy
self" In this respect there is
no discrimination against any,
one living within her territory.
Abe Shefferman.
Il
The Star has done a good
Job in publishing letters from
those representing both sides
of the explosive issue of Israel
versus the Arabs. However, it
would be interesting to see
what a prominent neutral has
to say on this subject.
e j. De Kadt, the Dutch
representative on the U. N.
Special Political Committee,
was quoted in a recent issue
of the New York Post as hav-
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