Second, Try and work internally, on the Palestinians within (and that’s VERY possible, whether it is volunteer work, group activities, just visit our web site, http://www.HaifaAlFatah.org to get an idea on what we’re trying to do in Haifa – there’s an Arabic version that is more updated)

What you could do, to stay in touch with Palestinians in the West bank and Gazza, is to join some effort that brings us together, like the Jam3iyyet El Thakafa al 3arabiyyi (Nazareth)… Let me know if you want more info.

A general note: Try and not call us Arab 48, Palestinians 48 is ok, Palestinians within is ok, emphasize, even for yourself, that we’re palestinians, because we are :-)

Arab cities and villages are truly in a horrific situation, with lacking funds, development, programs and schools, things the country/state should be providing adequately – If anyone knows of statistics online, please post links…

As for Abed Hamdan, #14, misbehavior is tied to what you believe in – some people are muslims, some are not, some believe more in faith, and some less – Instead of thinking its misbehavior, why not look at it as a different lifestyle? Not everyone lives life according to Islam, and that’s not related to being Arab 48 or not.
What you think is right, others might see as wrong, just like what you think is wrong about arab 48, they might see as right – the solution is to understand our differences, and each live their own life with as little conflicts and possible, plus work together on the joint interest, al mushtarak!

Cheers!

yes I Meant Arab 48 :)

Many Arab 48 youths are coming to study at my university (Jordan University of Science and Technology : http://www.just.edu.jo )

and their number is increasing !!!

so what I’ve found is, most of Jordanians don’t know anything about them. Not only Jordanians, but also Palestinians who live in Jordan doesn’t know anything about them !!

worse yet, many (Not all of them, the Majority i mean) of the Arab48 studnets are misBehaving, and are more like westerns in behavior! ya3ni they don’t follow Islam rules, girls can live with guys, and this is so wrong.

There are, of course, many of them are good and role model for the rest of us, but to be honest , the students here are giving bad impression of the Arab 48.

Hanan

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I live in Haifa, and I’ve recently been in Ramallah to meet with Palestinians, so we stay in touch – and what I’ve seen was a society, with its institutions, its universities, its diversity – its own dialog.

I won’t get into details now, but they are very much a nation that we are not – we’ve been ripped apart by the governments, by our indifference and our cowardness at times.

It’s important to not play the role of the loser, even if you think we’re suffering less, that does not mean we’re doing ‘worse’ as palestinians, on the contrary, let’s utilise our strengths and benefits to create and build something that serves our joint effort, joint purpose.

Cheers!

For wondering eyes: ‘Arab ’48′ is yet another name for ‘Arab-Israel’. In other words, Palestinian who found theirselves called Israelis after Israel/Arab 1948 and the UN resolution which gave Jews a homeland in the occupied lands of Palestine!

there’s a general ignorance across the Arab world, they hardly know basics of the Palestinian cause, and they know nothing about Arab 84.

It is weird. You would think that, given the goal of the Zionist state to murder all the Palestinians, that they would get rid of the easy ones first… the ones inside of Israel.

Of course, I would also expect that Israel would have an easier time bombing those big parades, but seem to always miss with their missiles and hit cars instead. They really are losing a chance to slaughter hundreds of Arabs every time they let a parade/mob pass by without a little machine-gunning or bombing.

I always figured that there were two explanations:

(1) Maybe Israel just hits back when attacked
(2) Israel, despite massive military advantages, uses GI.Joe training videos for their soldiers so that they can spray millions of bullets and hit nothing.

#1 is ridiculous, so it must be #2.

David