Word: arabization
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...truce of 1949 settled the Arab-Israeli fighting, but not the fate of the 880,000 Arab refugees who fled Palestine. They straggled into camps scattered all over the Middle East and settled down to a wretched life in crowded hovels, with bad food, no sanitation, little schooling for their children and increasingly less hope. Each year the U.N. has thrown an embarrassed money handout to the refugees. Last week the annual handout kicked up a brief but bitter fight...
Before the General Assembly's Special Political Committee, Arab delegates charged that "Zionist terrorism" had forced the refugees to flee their homes; the Israelis accused the Arab spokesman of being Nazi-minded. Then, everybody got down to talking figures. They settled finally on $23 million to sustain life in 880,000 people for one year-$5,000,000 more than last year, but $4,000,000 less than the Arabs asked...
Stopgap. The U.N.'s millions are a stopgap, not a solution. Four years of living on a dole has turned the Arab refugee camps into centers of Communism and extremist agitation. Even the unsavory Grand Mufti, who used to control the camps, has recently lost out to the more radical agitators. So long as the refugee camps exist, stability in the Middle East is impossible...
...vexed three times over at the U.S. for: i) voting to let Arab grievances against French colonial rule in North Africa be aired in the U.N.; 2) cutting 20% of 1953 military aid to France: "Without doubt the Marshall Plan helped us, and we have often cited the benefits with gratitude [the Rhone dam was one], but unfortunately defense of freedom in Indo-China has already cost us just about double what we have received . . ."; 3) ignoring France's objections to German rearmament: "Although we have no hatred for those who made us suffer so much, and we desire...
...less a pro-Zionist than Albert Einstein attacked its program as "a pitiable attempt to obtain favor and toleration from our enemies by betraying true Jewish ideals, and mimicking those who claim to stand for 100% Americanism." On his speaking tours, Rabbi Berger has drawn angry shouts (e.g., "Pro-Arab!") in some congregations. Nowadays, however, the angry voices have become quieter, and the Council (dues-paying membership: 16,800) is getting some serious attention. Says Rabbi Berger: "American Jews are uneasy about the nationalism of the Israelis. They're beginning to listen...