consider the second paper, issued by the government of Israel to br

explain Zionism and Israel. It is an excerpt of remarks by br

Chaim Herzog, former Israeli ambassador to the United Na- br

tions. After describing Zionism as the Jewish demand for “re- br

vived freedom and nationhood in its ancient homeland” and the br

Land of Israel as “the center of its national existence,” Herzog br

stated that “Arabs are free and equal citizens in our state.”

Free and equal in a state that is irrevocably Jewish? Does br

“free” mean free to work toward an Arab majority in Israel? br

Does “free” mean free to have many, many babies who in due br

time will be free to vote an Arab majority into the Knesset? Does br

“equal” mean equal rights for an Arab Knesset majority that br

could vote to change the name of the state to “Palestine” and br

abolish the Law of Return that today gives Jews and not Arabs br

automatic entry and citizenship? In a word, are the Arabs of the br

Jewish state for which Mr. Herzog’s ancestors yearned for 2,000 br

years free and equal to go quietly, calmly, peacefully, democrat- br

ically, to the polls and, by majority rule, vote an end to Zionism br

and that Jewish state?

And when yet another Israeli luminary, Michael Comay, br

former ambassador to Canada, writes to the Jerusalem Post (June br

11, 1976), “I want an Israel which will remain both Jewish and br

democratic,” what does he say to the equal Arab citizen of this br

Jewish democracy [sic] who asks him: If I have enough babies, br

do I have the right to want a Palestine that is both Arab and br

democratic . . .?

I do not feel sorry for the Arabs of Eretz Yisrael, no matter br

how much they feel that the land is theirs. I do not feel for them br

because I know that the land is not theirs, that it is Jewish. It is br

the one and only land that we have, whereas the Arab of Eretz br

Yisrael can find a home in any one of more than the twenty br

lands of his 100 million fellow Arabs. I feel no pain for one who br

robbed me of my land, no matter how loud his false claim to it. br

But as I feel neither pain nor guilt, I can understand this Arab br

and know the stupidity of the deception practiced on him. It is br

a deception that does not deceive; for the Arab of Eretz Yisrael br

may be a robber and murderer of Jews, but he is not a fool.

Indeed, when the “moderate” and the “dovish” Jewish br

leaders of Israel, those who gladden liberal hearts by calling for br

the return of the “occupied territories,” do so because of “the br