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December 23, 2003       Share:    

Source: http://nationalreview.com/comment/ben-david200312220001.asp

Palestinians Heading to "Prehistoric" Times

(National Review) Larry Ben David - A native Palestinian society that experienced life next-door to Israel may still exist, a society of bourgeois businessmen, educators trained in Western schools, journalists who published uncensored newspapers using Israeli presses, and construction workers and fruit pickers who brought home from Israel a daily wage. They could perhaps one day propel themselves into better times - back to the future. They have extensive international assistance, and they are probably better positioned and educated than the Iraqi people to build a semi-democratic society. But unlike the Iraqi people, their progress is blocked by a despot.

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