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Israeli Druze: The Israel that the Arabs Call "a False Entity" Is the Region's Most Stable, Advanced Country

(MEMRI) Israeli Druze poet and writer Salman Masalha wrote in Al-Hayat: "The mere mention of Israel's name in the Arab arena arouses many emotions....So much ink has been spilled, and so many hours of broadcast have been devoted to discussion of the so-called 'primary problem of the Arabs.'" "While the propagators of this Arab discourse kept their heads buried in the sand, Israel continued to deepen its roots in the region....Here we are some seven decades later...and what do we see around us?...Today, decades later, the Palestinians are finding that their problem is no longer 'the primary Arab problem' and that their Nakba is no greater than other Arab Nakbas, because Greater Syria [for example] has experienced a far greater Nakba that overshadows their own." "If we look at what is happening around us in this region, we will see that the most stable entities are not Arab, and that they are strong and developed entities - from Iran through Turkey....Therefore, how should we describe our situation? Perhaps in this way: 'Our troubles come from us.'"
2015-08-14 00:00:00
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