called for the Arabs quietly and with many babies become the br

majority in “the state which arose to solve the Jewish national br

problem”? Would Israel then deviate from its “progressive dem- br

ocratic laws”? Would Mr. Allon then have advised the now Jew- br

ish minority to adopt the same acceptance of their status that he br

so eloquently preached to his Arab minority?

Either the foreign minister of Israel was hopelessly confused br

or a practitioner of deception. There is no guarantee of a Jewish br

majority in a democracy—especially with a prolific Arab minor- br

ity. Was Allon prepared to accept minority status graciously br

and come each year to the home of the Arab foreign minister of br

the new State of Palestine?

•aaaAs the Arabs of Israel move steadily toward “radical- br

ization” (an absurd term that attempts to deform their long- br

suppressed natural feelings), we keep hearing more and more br

pained Jewish reactions. The pain is always based on the prem- br

ise that if only there would be goodwill, understanding, and br

mutual trust, all would be well (and Jews could continue to en- br

joy the fruits of majority rule over the Arabs in safety). One of br

the most dangerous Jewish offenders in this connection is the br

Jerusalem Post, proponent of a confused and—from the Arab’s br

point of view—absurd policy that is neither meat nor milk, fish br

nor fowl. In one of its rather typical editorials, the Post professed br

“pained surprise” over the January 1979 declaration of support br

for the PLO by the heads of the Arab councils in Israel. Since br

that body was touted, for years, by Post men and those who think br

like them as the “moderate leadership of the Arab community,” br

the editorial (January 23, 1979) stated that such a statement br

could only undo “the rudiments of mutual trust that have been br

built up so painstakingly over the years by men and women of br

goodwill in both communities. . . . What is needed on the Arab br

side is a return to sanity by the upcoming generation of its cen- br

tral leadership.”

The Post and those it represents can never, of course, believe br

that to the average Arab, statements of support for the PLO are br

the height of sanity. They will eternally refuse to believe that br

“goodwill” is nonsense when the Arab believes that he, who was br

once the majority in the land and is now a minority in a Jewish br

state, has been robbed. The Post men and their Hebrew coun- br

terparts in Israel cannot believe this because to do so is to admit br