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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1969-10-30, Page 7THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1969 ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS PAGE SEVEN The International Scene (by Raymond THE PALESTINIAN ARABS We are back today at one of those expressions that everybody reads about in the newspapers, but few people seem to know what it actually refers to. The expression in question is the Palestinian Arabs, who have been blamed for a lot of things in the current Israeli -Arab struggle. Briefly, the Palestinian Arabs are those people who were liv- ing in the part of Palestine taken over by Israel in 1948. Since that time they have been home- less, This means that for 21 years they have lived in conditions so degrading that they are at least as batt as those the Jews experienced in the ghettos. They have been looked after, to a certain extent, by the United Nations, but nobody is quite sure what to do with them. They could have been divided up and absorbed by the various Arab nations but they weren't, for rhe simple reason that the Arabs have preferred to use them as a stick with which to beat Israel over the head. There has also been a great deal of talk about com- pensation for the confiscated lands, but nothing much has come of it. It is from these Palestinian Arabs that the guerillas have conte which are causing the Israelis a great deal of annoyance Most of these are located in Jordan and so strong are they that King Jiissein dare not get rid of them. His crown is already shaky enough as it is, and so these Arabs remain, compromisinghis desire to come to some kindof terms with the Israelis. These Palestinian Arabs feel almost alone, since about all the Arab nations have done so far is lose the remaining part of their fath- erland for them. They take with a grain of salt the promise of Egypt and the other Arab nations that all this land will be won back. They don't trust Nasser because they feel that he would make a deal with Israel and leave them out in the cold. They don't trust Saudi Arabia because they believe that all it wants is to keep Nasser occupied so won't turn his interests to the Arabian peninsula again. And, Finally, they get no sympathy from the Russians who have made it quite clear that they have little use for these upstart Arabs. For this reason, the Palestinian Arabs feel that the only way is to take their fate in their own hands and trust Allah to snake it turn out the way they want it. Not all these Arabs are guer- illa fighters, by a long shot, and those that are not have to pay ow Put your money into our guaranteed investment certificates now paying the never -before interest of eight and three quarter percent. VICTORIA., GREY VG TRUST COMPANY SINCE 1889 Canon) for the actions of a minority. Because of the guerilla raids, some of the more peaceful ones have lost their homes and have been forced to live in even more makeshift quarters. Things are also likely to get worse before they get better, in that all the guerillas want to go on provok- ing a new war between Israel and the Arab states. Somehow they have the hope that the Arab nations will unite behind them in one great effort will drive the Israelis into the sea. In this respect, they are not very realistic. It should be quite clear that up until now the Arabs have been unable to agree on anything and there is little to indicate that unity will be one of their strong points in the fu- ture. In fact, the refugees them- selves are not united and are in danger of splitting up over how best to regain their lands. The tragedy of all this is that once the more militant of the guerilla leaders see that they cannot hope to achieve anything against a determined Israel, they may turn their attention to taking over Jordan as their home. It would be far easier to do this than trying to recapture Israel, for King Hussein in not in a secure position, and Jordan might be preferab le to no home at all. But that is for the future to decide. At the present rime, the best that can be said for these refugees and their guerillas is that, regardless of what is said in public, they are a thorn in the side of every nation in the Middle East. Lower Fees For Non -Residents (by Richmond Aticey) Members of Huron County Board of Education re -considered the student fees policy laid down on arevious occasion, and approv- edpa much lower scale for non- resident pupils at its meeting in Central Huron Secondary Sciool, Clinton, Monday evening. The board adopted a recom- mendation of the committee of the whole that "the fees for non-resident pupils, whose fees are not payable by another board or equivalent" be established at $100 per year for elementary grades (including kindergarten) and $200 per year for secondary grades. Opposition to the former $900 annual fee for non-resident pup- ils attending the secondary sch- ools of Huron County arose at the previous meeting of the boa- rd when D.J. Murphy, Goderich mentioned that two or three hock ey players were being "imported" from New Brunswick and the hockey club in Goderich could not afford to pay the "shot" re- quired by the board. There also was another case of a student moving from another city to live with her grandparents in Goderich. It was pointed out that there are very few cases such as this. The board has accepted the resignation of lvirs. C. Porter from the staff of Victoria Public School, Goderich, effective December 31, 1969; and the res- ignation of Mr. and Mrs. R, S. Davis ass custodians of J. A , D, McCurdy School, Huron Park, Centralia. Mrs. Virginia Doyle was hired as clerk -typist (accounting). Scale of remuneration for part- time teaching assistants in the Occupations Course at a rate of $24 per diem, was established. Complaints dealt with and settled were one on the operation of one of the contracted buses, another on salary from one of the employees, and a third on the suspension of a pupil from the F.E. Madill Secondary Sch- ool, Winghant. No names were divulged in the open Board meet- ing. 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