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Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 15:45:48 -0600 (CST)
From: "Alan Spector" <spector@calumet.purdue.edu>
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Samuel Heilman writes:


As for "collusion" between Netanyahu's government and Arafat's -- I think
that is likely in an Oliver Stone movie but not the real world.

Samuel Heilman
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   I would disagree with his assessment.  Didn't the racists in
South Africa find "friendly" black Africans to work with? That's
not Oliver Stone talking.  Are they banning Edward Said's books
because he is too "pro-Israel?"  Netanyahu, like Arafat, is terrified of
the grassroots Arab working class opposing the twin oppression of Israeli
nationalism and Arab nationalism.  The Israeli governments may have minor
differences among themselves, but in the main, they are trying to strike a
balance of not giving too much support to Arafat (which would create
optimism and embolden the grassroots to demand more and possibly push
Arafat aside) AND not resorting to too much repression, which would
ALSO strengthen the hand of the grassroots movement, especially Hamas,
which might also result in Arafat being pushed aside. Unfortunately, the
grassroots movement, too, is mainly in the hands of the Hamas, which like
Arafat and the Zionists, is only interested in carving out a power base for
itself.

    Welcome to the New World Order, (from Yugoslavia to Rwanda to
Armenia to.....) where nationalism is running wild, and grassroots people
are being set against each other as pawns in the games of imperialists,
would-be imperialists, and their junior partners.


Alan Spector