The American Community in Lebanon and the Palestine Problem: A Study in Changing Attitudes (ص 10)
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- The American Community in Lebanon and the Palestine Problem: A Study in Changing Attitudes (ص 10)
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in Lebanon of facts about the Palestine problem is due to
Zionist infiltration in most fields in America, especially in
the field of information. Yet that ignorance is due, at the same
time, to the weakness, disability, and hence failure of Arab in-
formation in America.) As a matter of fact, we would expect
the percentage of those who lack any knowledge about the facts
of the Palestine problem to be much higher if the study were
to be carried out in the U.S. Our expectation is based upon
the fact that a good number of the Americans in Lebanon
showed special interest in Arab affairs before they came to
the Middle East; and that could be one reason that made them
come here. (Again, the Americans in Lebanon do not represent
the Americans in the U.S.) That is evidenced from the fact that
25 per cent of the Americans in Lebanon shared our view of
the Palestine problem before they came to Lebanon. Yet even
this group was not completely convinced of our view; two-
thirds of this group still believe that the Zionists have some
tight in Palestine! This leaves 8 per cent of the Americans in
Lebanon who, prior to leaving their country, were totally con-
vinced that we have an absolute right to Palestine.
Third, there is no doubt that. the residence of Americans
in Lebanon helps tremendously in acquainting them with our
view of the Palestine problem, and assists in convincing them
of our rights in Palestine, especially since the Americans in
particular, and foreigners in general, come over from coun-
tries which lack any Arab information effort for Palestine,
or where such efforts are, at best, quite weak and crippled. - هو جزء من
- The American Community in Lebanon and the Palestine Problem: A Study in Changing Attitudes
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- ديسمبر ١٩٦٩
- المنشئ
- Sirhan, Bassem
- سرحان، باسم
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