November 19, 1981 (vol. 92, iss. 61) • Page Image 4
…4 " } OPINION Page 4 Thursday, November 19, 1981 The Michigan Daily Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan Wasserman Vol. XCII, No.61 420 Mynaord St. Ann Arbor, Mt…
… Israeli citizens-including Arabs and Jews-have the right to vote. Policies on the West Bank, even if the Daily deems them ex- cessive, do not change these characteristics of the Israeli political system…
…. Whether the Daily likes it or not, the West Bank is a disputed territory considered to be a war zone by all parties in the Arab- Israeli conflict. From its ivory tower on Maynard Street, the Daily chose to…
… perceptive analysis of Israel's overall policy toward the Palestinians. However undesirable the Israeli be brought about if represep-O tatives of the Palestinians and the relevant Arab states are willing to…
… negotiate with Israel. To think, as the Daily does, that Israel can unilaterally grant self- rule to the Palestinians is to show ignorance of the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict and traditional…
… procedures of conflict- resolution. The Egyptians and a few Palestinians knocked off ty the PLO for the moderate views, are the only Arabs to date willing to resolve the Palestinian problem through negotiation…
… oppressing the Palestinian Arabs. \ By doing so, the Daily has sunk to the moral level of those who prefer to perpetuate this myth as a propaganda device against Israel rather than to settle the root problems…
… of the Arab- Israeli conflict. If the Daily dislikes some of Israel's policies and believes Israel should be more forth- coming in resolving the Palestinian problem, why does it not just say so? By…




