The American Community in Lebanon and the Palestine Problem: A Study in Changing Attitudes (ص 11)
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- عنوان
- The American Community in Lebanon and the Palestine Problem: A Study in Changing Attitudes (ص 11)
- المحتوى
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Hence it is not strange to find out that two-thirds of the
Americans in Lebanon changed their views on the Palestine
problem after they came to Lebanon. Most of the Americans
in Lebanon said that the change in their views was great. All
of them said that the change was in favor of the Palestinian
Arabs. (They changed from misunderstanding and/or not
supporting Palestinian Arabs, to varying degrees of under-
standing and support.)
‘We should, however, look for the reasons behind the
change in the views of the Americans in Lebanon. Our study
shows that the change was not due to Arab mass media, or
to the efforts of those in charge of the mass media, Only one
American attributed the change in his view, after residing in
Lebanon, to Arab mass media. The rest of those who changed
their views attributed the change to their acquaintances;
Palestinian Arabs, and non-Palestinian Arabs. This important
fact should make us take great care of personal relationships
with foreigners, because personal contact seems closer to success
than the ordinary mass media apparatus like the broadcasting
system and the press. This position of ours is supported by
the fact that Arab mass media had no effect at all upon one-
third, and had a negative effect upon another one-third of
the Americans in Lebanon. Compared to this, four-fifths of
the Americans who changed in our favor stated that personal
contact was the main reason behind their new stand on the
Palestine problem.
Fourth, all that was said previously does not mean that - هو جزء من
- The American Community in Lebanon and the Palestine Problem: A Study in Changing Attitudes
- تاريخ
- ديسمبر ١٩٦٩
- المنشئ
- Sirhan, Bassem
- سرحان، باسم
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