November 16, 1956 (vol. 67, iss. 51) • Page Image 4
… "This Time Let's Get A New Tire" r * e 1&IibPan §aiIg Sixty-Seventh Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS…
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… problem of handling one million Arab refugees from the 1948 Palestine war presents a problem of equal importance and even greater difficulty. At present, almost one million Arabs live in' crowded, sordid…
… want responsibility for either the creation of this problem or the solution. Israelis assert that these people were told by Arab leaders to leave Palestine while the war was in progress, with the…
… assurance that the war would be a shoi't, quick victory for the Arabs. The Israelis also claim that they were told that the Annihilation of the Jews would be complete and that the displaced Arabs would be1…
… able to take over the riches of the country that the Jews had created. The Arabs, on the other hand, say that they fled before the advancing Israeli armies, fearing that it would mean death to be caught…
… by the Jews. Undoubtedly, there is truth to both sides. The present refugees probably did fear the Israeli armies, but they were also encouraged by Arab leaders. BUT NOW there are a million people…
… these people are to be replanted in the sur- rounding Arab countries or they must return to their homes in Israel. The Arab nations, with the exception of Egypt and the north African nations, are sparsely…
… populated. There are great amounts of unused land that would bloom if given the proper irrigation. Many of the Arab nations are re- ceiving large oil royalties that could pay for the needed irrigation…
… destruction of the state of Israel. The UN must resettle these people in Arab lands by a means that will be something less than voluntary. Force is out of the question. But the UN does have a great economic…




