the Jews of the Galilee. It is ours! All the Galilee is ours.’” The br

speaker is Micha Goldman, thirty, the young chairman of the br

Jewish settlements in the Galilee, in an interview for Maariv br

(August 17, 1979). He continued: “I meet a great deal with br

Arab leaders in the Galilee. What I hear from them now is in- br

comparably more serious and extreme than anything said just br

two and three years ago. Not only extremists but those who were br

considered ‘moderates’ speak today about the nonrecognition of br

Israel, and about their demand for ‘Arab autonomy’ in the br

Galilee, à la Sadat. The extremists go further and talk of a br

Palestinian state of which the Galilee would be part. Even one br

who just passes through the Galilee sees frightening man- br

ifestations. For example, you drive behind an Arab automobile br

and they put their hands out and signal ‘We will slaughter you’ br

or ‘Get out.’

“The real change came after Camp David . . . which was br

seen by the Arabs as a far-reaching sign of Israeli weakness. . . . br

Today, there is no doubt among the Galilee Arabs that a Palesti- br

nian state will arise, and they tie their own future to it.”

•aaaOn July 2, 1979, no fewer than eighty buses and trucks br

brought 6,000 Israeli Arabs to the Knesset in Jerusalem. There, br

in front of the symbol of the Jewish state, the mob of Israeli br

citizens roared: “The Galilee is Arab—Jews out!” “With blood br

and soul we will free you, mountains of Galilee!”

•aaaJewish women on buses heavily traveled by Arabs are sub- br

ject to pawing and sexual advances. The same is true in the br

marketplace of the Old City of Jerusalem. Following the Land br

Day riots of March 1976, Maariv reporter Dalia Mazori de- br

scribed her visit to the Jewish town of Upper Nazareth. She br

quotes a young Jewish girl: “‘Young Arabs suddenly began to br

rub against me, a thing that never happened in Nazareth,’ said br

a pretty young Israeli. According to her, when she protested, br

they responded with loud curses. . . . Many of the Jewish wom- br

en said they would not go down to Nazareth to purchase any- br

more, preferring the higher prices to the degrading treatment br

they have recently been accorded. ‘The main thing is to avoid br

the looks of hate,’ one said.

“In discussing whether the question was ‘land expropria- br

tion,’ all agreed that the expressions of hatred were a sign of br

something much deeper and serious, much more worrisome.”