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...territories. Although Shamir claims that fewer than 1% of the Soviet Jews have moved to the territories in the past year, the number is destined to grow: two weeks ago, Housing Minister Ariel Sharon disclosed plans to build 2,500 more homes for Jews in the West Bank and Gaza...
...course, as he did in Geneva, Baker should not make any promises that would link his "talking" to a solution to the Gulf Crisis. As he did in Geneva, he should insist on resolving the Iraqi invasion apart from any negotiations over the West Bank and Gaza Strip...
...Those who worked for the government were eligible for subsidized housing. Those employed in the private sector were forced to find lodgings on the open market, which often meant living in slums, since rents were exorbitant. In time, a housing apartheid grew, with some of the Palestinian neighborhoods dubbed "Gaza" and "the West Bank." Even the Kuwaiti-born children of foreigners could be expelled from the only country they had ever known if they were unable to find work on their own account when they reached...
Finally, it should be remembered that, since assuming administrative control of the West Bank and Gaza in 1967 as a result of an Arab invasion of Israel, Israel has taken a leading role in the development and growth of educational opportunities for the Palestinians. The establishment of six Palestinian universities and the more than 50 percent increase in the number of elementary schools since 1967 are the result of Israel's efforts to provide the Palestinians with a broad range of educational opportunities...
Ardent Zionists hope the latest anti-Arab sentiment will reawaken the blue- collar Jewish work ethic that built Israel. So far, however, few Israelis have been willing to accept low wages cleaning streets and digging ditches. The Dizengoff shopping center in Tel Aviv laid off 30 Palestinian janitors from Gaza two weeks ago, after they repeatedly missed work because of strikes and curfews. Managing director Gidon Kottler admits that he'll have to either raise salaries to attract Jews or use more machines. He says, "Jews are ashamed to do that kind of work during the day when people will...