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The Infants Tell the Real Story

(Ha'aretz) Amnon Rubinstein - Israel is a besieged island in an Arab and Muslim region. Inside the besieged island lives a minority that in culture, religion, and nationality belong to those besieging the island. But those looking at the Middle East from afar can see the gaps between the Jews in their country and the Muslims in their countries growing, and continuing to grow, while the gaps inside the besieged island shrink and continue to shrink, despite lengthy conflict and hostility. At a time when Israel is criticized at home and abroad as an apartheid state, it is worth noting the infant mortality rates (infant mortality of Muslims in Israel is 50% lower than in wealthy Kuwait), and the shrinking gaps in education and health from the past to the present, as an indication of reality.
2003-01-17 00:00:00
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