October 04, 1993 (vol. 104, iss. 4) • Page Image 4
… 4 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, October 4, 1993 tw £id~4jn Imtti -im Lasser 420 Maynard Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan JOSH Dulow Editor in…
… Palestinian Arabs, there are certain factors that pose substantial worry. An article by Katherine Metres, in the editorial section of the Daily (9/27/93), illustrates one of my fears. In her own analysis of the…
… "Arab- Israeli Conflict," it is important to identify the historical conditions from which many of the contemporary problems have stemmed. While presenting today's lopsided percentages of Jewish and Arab…
… Palestinian Mandate, was the predecessor to what is today Jordan- a country whose current population is over 65 percent Palestinian Arab. Also omitted from Metres' historical account was mention of the Arab…
…'s opposition at every opportunity for negotiated territorial division. In 1937, England's Peel Commission (a body that sought solution to the Arab- Zionist struggles) recommended the partition of two states: an…
… Arab one, to occupy the majority of land west of the Jordan River; and a Jewish one. The Zionists accepted the offer, the Arabs refused. Again in 1947, when partition was suggested by the United Nations…
…, the Zionists accepted - the Arabs chose to wage war! Metres then addressed the issue of Arab refugees. Her accusation was twofold: A) Israel expelled Arab inhabitants in 1948 and 1967, and; B) Israel is…
… breaking international law by not adhering to U.N. Resolution 242. However, these allegations are void of factual accuracy. First, Arab dispersion in 1948 was initiated by the Palestinian Arab leader himself…
…- Haj Amin Al Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem. After the Arab rejection of Partition, when the armies of Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia stood poised to push the Zionists into…
… the Mediterranean, the Mufti warned Palestinian Arabs that failure to flee from their homes may cause them to fall casualty to the imposing Arab onslaught. Secondly, Resolution 242 has many components…

















































