abeles@mhuxm.UUCP (J. Abeles (Bellcore, Murray Hill, NJ)) (02/24/86)
> As a Palestinian, I am tired of being stigmatized, and my point of view > dismissed out of hand, thanks in large measure to the efficient > portrayal of the pro-Israel viewpoint in the U.S. I am sorry that you are hurt by being confronted with other points of view. However, what is really important is whether your point of view has enough merit--and I would say this is sometimes in serious question. > If you really want to learn what Palestine was like when Jewish > immigrants starting arriving in the late 19th and early 20th > century, there is a mountain of books that any respectable Near > East Studies department can recommend to you... But this isn't the issue. I for one would not argue that there were no people living in Palestine prior to the increased immigration of Eastern European Jews. So what? Of course, many of the inhabitants prior to that period were already Jewish, but you didn't mention that!