Mr. Eban would give would be that we do not want them because they br

are Arabs and not Jews. But, of course, Mr. Eban detests the ex- br

tremists who call for emigration of the Arabs. They are clearly br

racists.

And will Mr. Eban go to Nazareth tomorrow to repeat to br

his happy, equal Arabs of Israel the following words he once br

coined? “Israel’s nationalism is more than a political movement. br

It is a faith, a religion, a culture, a civilization, a journey togeth- br

er of people across generations of martyrdom.”

Dear Mr. Eban, do share those noble thoughts with Israel’s br

Arabs. What tears of joy and empathy will flow in Nazareth br

square, or in Umm al-Fahm or Sakhnin or all the equal villages br

of equal Arab citizens who presumably commemorated the fast br

of Tisha B’Av with us for 2,500 years as they mourned the de- br

struction of the Jewish Holy Temple “across generations of mar- br

tyrdom.”

The Arab of Israel sits in a land in which he was once the br

majority, which he controlled, which was Arab, which was his. The br

Jew came—from Russia, Poland, Morocco, and Brooklyn—and br

took it from him. That is how the Arab sees it. That is his reality. br

How do we expect him to feel and react, this man who feels br

robbed and bitter and alienated? That is the source of the prob- br

lem, and it is insoluble.

The points I raise are so brutally plain and painful that br

people shrink from them. Better, for them, sugary delusions br

than bitter reality. And so, during all the years of the existence br

of Israel, and for all the decades of pre-Israel political Zionism, br

Zionist leaders eagerly, desperately, clung to a myth, which they br

fed, as an article of faith, to the Jewish masses. That myth pro- br

claimed: The way to peaceful coexistence between Arab and br

Jew in the Land of Israel is to raise the standard of living and to br

create a new generation of educated Arabs—the “head-and-stom- br

ach” policy of clever Israelis. . . .

I say it again: All those who say this hold the Israeli Arab br

in nothing but contempt.

It should be obvious by now, as the result of scores of ex- br

amples in other countries, that one does not buy the national br

aspirations of a people with indoor toilets. The Arabs of Israel, br

a minority who possess national aspirations, will not be bought br

off with material goods, electricity, or higher education. Indeed, br