January 25, 1981 (vol. 91, iss. 99) • Page Image 4
… residents of Dheisheh village, the Arab refugee town outside Bethlehem I mentioned in this space last week. The seven students and leaders I spoke with at Dheisheh are more negatively disposed toward Israel…
… its physical comfo Obliquity "By Joshua Peck votes for beautiful He has made a personal crusade of per- .d stately suading the Arabs to keep their ancient and d for its distinctive architectural styles…
… intact, even as houses a they begin to modernize their living and ts culture working places. He is concerned that the hosted a Arabs, in hopes of emulating the more attracted technologically advanced…
… societies of Europe, all over will abandon Arabic forms for the monotonous building styles adopted by the Jews of Tel Aviv, ut Dalya, for instance.. rts, or its . In pursuit of his quest, he spends much of…
… his time traveling to Arab towns around the coun- try, meeting with Arab civic and religious leaders, and explaining how modern roads, of- fices and homes can be designed around traditional Arab modes…
… of construction. THE PARTICULARS of Yom-tov's work are clearly unimportant from the point of view of establishing peace; who cares whether the en- trace to some little Arab town is bedecked with a…
… blocky underpass or a gracefully rounded Islamic-style arch? The important thing about hitheatre. the architect's efforts are his motivations, s unosten- especially as interpreted by his Arab vance the…
… colleagues. ny Israeli It is clear that he cares that the non-Jewish tov, which residents of the country sustain their rich He chose traditions. He has respect and deep under- Romania standing for Arab…
… conceptions of beauty, par- rfectly his ticularly (but not exclusively) with regard to architecture. His enthusiasm for things ture - a Islamic and Arab must sit well with the Arabs; ted with here is one…
… Zionist, at least, who clearly wants way he has a harmonious relationship with his Semitic and trust brothers, and not the dominator-and- l borders, dominated arrangement the Arabs generally lated Oc…

















































