Thank you for
a great year!
THE NEW YEAR
MAy
To ALL
He chose as a youth to take
literally the new state's Decla-
ration of Independence which
said that Arabs in Israel had
equal rights. He also chose to be-
lieve that the Jewish state
would inevitably be integrated
into the Middle East.
The liveliness of his classroom
style, his use of parables full of
folk wisdom and his unabated
enthusiasm make him an ex-
traordinary teacher capable of
touching students at the human
level, regardless of their back-
ground.
He has, over the years,
brought thousands of Israelis on
visits to, and overnight stays at,
Arab homes, including his own.
He has given talks to tens of
thousands of others in kibbutz-
im, schools and other venues.
Mr. Yehie was born in 1946
in the Wadi Ara village of Kfar
Kari, the oldest of eight children.
His father was a well-to-do
farmer.
Ari's public career began at
the age of 11 when he addressed
a scout jamboree in Haifa as
spokesman for Arab scouts,
sharing the platform with Prime
Minister David Ben-Gurion. He
grew up during the period of mil-
itary government in the Israeli-
Arab sector.
He understood early on that
if he wished to break out of the
ghetto into the larger society, he
would have to master Hebrew.
"Language for me was the open-
ing to a dream of equality. It
meant being accepted by the
majority."
Graduating in 1969 from the
Hebrew University, where he
studied languages and Middle
East history, he returned to his
village and helped establish the
first high school. Shortly after-
wards, he joined Ulpan Akiva,
but was permitted to absent
himself part of the week so he
could continue teaching in his
village school.
His wife, Cheriah, who teach-
es blind children, is a former stu-
dent from the village. They have
five children.
He had no hesitation, when
he lit the Independence Day
torch, about reciting the litany
ending "for the glory of Israel."
Says Mr. Yehie: "This is an Is-
rael that sees me as a person,
that sees me as an equal. This
is my country."
He regards his entry into
diplomacy as an extension of his
life's work. "I want to show the
world that an Arab can repre-
sent Israel with all its ethnic
communities and political color-
ings."
The Finland embassy had
originally been designated for
another Israeli Arab, Judge Yus-
suf Haj Yihya, but he declined
for personal reasons and the
candidacy of the mayor of Taiba,
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the healthiest and
happiest of
New Years ...
ANd FAMity
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