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Thread #111301   Message #2348300
Posted By: CarolC
24-May-08 - 03:06 PM
Thread Name: BS: Palestinian 'facts'
Subject: RE: BS: Palestinian 'facts'
I've met many Israelis AND Palestinians from Israel, with immigration rates ranging quite heavily due, I've been told, more for economic reasons/ incentives than anything else. It has varied over the years and reminds me of the number of Irish Irish that have shown up in Boston in my living memory.

So if you've got a point to make, why not flesh it out somewhat so we can see whether it's got meat on its bones.


I don't disagree with what you've said about the reasons they are going. But the fact that they are going means that they don't consider Israel to be the best place for them. If they're leaving for economic reasons, that means that Israel isn't really thriving the way you suggested in your first post. My own opinion is that the occupation is not just hurting the Palestinians in occupied Palestine. I think it is also hurting Israel, but that it just takes a lot longer for this to become obvious in Israel than it does in occupied Palestine.