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myself a copy of Professor Naveh's
book. For starters, he treats the Israeli-
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Arab conflict as a matter of inevitabili-
fitfully approaches resolution,
ty: "The Jews and the Arabs were two
both sides are acutely sensitive
national communities struggling for
to the ways their cause is rep-
the same piece of land, and the British
resented, to their own people and to the
world. In mid-August, Ethan Bronner of could not make peace between them.
Immediately following the United
the New York Times and publications
Nations partition of Pales-
such as the Jewish News wrote
tine on Nov. 29, 1947, it
fascinating pieces describing
was
the Arabs who started
how several new Israeli ninth-
shooting: "On the night of
grade history textbooks,
the [U.N.] vote, an Arab
approved by the Ministry of
ambush attacked a bus trav-
Education, have challenged —
eling from Netanya to
indeed deflated — some of the
Jerusalem. Five passengers
myths with which generations
were killed."
of Israelis have grown up.
And what of the refugees?
These include that the 1948
STUART
Professor
Naveh's formula-
War of Independence was a
SCHOFFMAN
tion is fairly tame, I think:
wondrous victory of the few
Special to
"In the course of battle,
against the many; and that the
the Jewish News
many of the Arabs were dri-
Palestinians left their homes
ven away. Some fled even
during that war, expecting to
before the Jews reached their village or
return, and weren't driven out by the
neighborhood, and some were driven
Israelis.
Out
by the conquering forces. Tens of
In recent weeks, the Israeli press has
thousands fled to neighboring countries
overflowed with impassioned reac-
— mainly Jordan, Lebanon and Syria
tions, mostly centering on a textbook
- in the hope that with these countries'
called The Twentieth Century by Eyal
help they would someday return to their
Naveh of Tel Aviv University.
previous homes."
Author Aharon Megged, a veteran of
Where the book gets radical is in
the War of Independence, wrote in the
what
Naveh addresses to young read-
that
when
newspaper Yediot Aharonot
ers: "How in your opinion did the
young people study Professor Naveh's
Palestinian Arabs relate to the estab-
`neutral' text, which in order to be
lishment of the State of Israel?" Or,
absolutely balanced emphasizes the
"Write about the Six-Day War from
injustices done to the Arabs, they will
three points of view: (a) An Israeli sol
come away with the feeling that they
dier writing a letter home. (b) An
live in a country... devoid of pride, glory,
Egyptian prisoner writing home from
self-respect or hope. They will live here
Israeli captivity. (c) A- woman resident
feeling guilty about their very existence.
of a refugee camp in Gaza that has
Revisionist historian Ilan Pappe of
been conquered by the Israelis."
Haifa University claimed in a Haaretz
What the professor really aims to
op-ed piece that not only were most of
do is to cultivate tolerance: "I believe
the Arab refugees of 1948 forced from
in empathic thinking, where you
their homes — he actually used the
accept the other person's way of think-
term "ethnic cleansing" — but that
ing," he told an interviewer. "I'm ask-
various "grotesque acts" committed by
ing the student to get in the middle,
the Israelis remained to be uncovered.
,,
between the myth and the facts.
Elyakim Haetzni, an outspoken
As one who immigrated here in
right-winger, scoffed in Yediot that
1988, can I empathize with the pained
Professor Naveh purports to portray
anxiety of an Israeli war veteran like
the Israeli Jews as a powerful colonial
Aharon Megged? Sure. Can I put
Goliath, and the Arabs (100 million
myself in the place of a Palestinian
strong, rich in oil and land) as akin to
politico, fearful of losing his foothold
native Americans and African-Ameri-
in Jerusalem, who raises hell over
cans, to whom a historic debt must be
Burger King hamburgers sold in
paid. But the analogy is false, said
"occupied territory" and the very sug-
Haetzni, since the European con-
gestion that Jerusalem might be recog-
querors of the New World, unlike the
nized by Disney World as the capital
Jews, were not returning to the land of
of
Israel? If I work at it, I can manage
their fathers.
that,
too. Will we Israelis have a better
Intrigued by this brouhaha, I got
future if our 14-year-olds are able to
Stuart Schoffman, associate editor of
do both of the above? Frankly, I
the Jerusalem Report, can be contacted
believe we will. I
via e mail: steart@netvision.net.il

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