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tinue their studies at the Amer-
ican school in Bombay.
Upon leaving the military,
Walid became a civil servant
with the Ministry of the Interi-
or and was appointed District
Commissioner responsible for
29 communities in the center
and north of the country. His
success led him to apply for a
post with the Foreign Ministry.
Of the 30 applicants, mostly
Jews, he was selected and he
proceeded to make a name for
himself. His pleasant person-
ality and charm, his gracious-
ness, his ever-present smile, but
above all his efficiency and or-
ganizational ability made him a
success in his post as Israeli li-
aison with the U.N. peacekeep-
ing forces on the country's
borders.
Following that, he moved on
to head the Ministry's depart-
ment responsible for providing
emergency humanitarian aid to
other nations in cases of disas-
ters such as floods, earthquakes
and the like.
As Israel's consul general in
Bombay, he will face a challenge
of a different kind. Perhaps a
major part of his task will entail
/-
not only relations with the In-
dian authorities and with the lo-
cal Jewish community, but also
with the thousands of Israeli
youth, backpackers who swarm
to India each year on adven-
turesome expeditions following
completion of their army service
at home. Few are more qualified
to understand them and to lend
a hand if they get into difficul-
ties (as many do) than Walid
Mansour.
His identity has been clari-
fied. He is not an Arab, not a
Muslim, not a Palestinian. He
is a Druze. The Druze have a re-
ligion of their own; they are a
separate people, though they
have never had a homeland of
their own. He is a proud Israeli
Druze, just as there are
Lebanese and Syrian Druze. If
destiny makes it necessary for
him to fight against Druze in
other countries, his situation is
as tragic as that of Jews during
World War I who also found
themselves on opposite sides. He
made the comparison.
His long range view of the po-
litical situation here is opti-
mistic. Aside from extremists,
he says, Israeli Arabs and Druze
recognize that they are far bet-
ter off than their brethren in sur-
rounding countries and are even
beginning to feel more Israeli
than Palestinian — especially
the Christians among them.
They have learned to expect the
freedom of expression they have
here, a freedom which exists
nowhere else in the Arab world.
Perhaps his optimism stems
from his own ingrained Druze
character, traditionally marked
by loyalty, courage and hospi-
tality.

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