Expulsion from Israel
SIR.--I was interested in the attempt by Dr. Yapou, the Press Attaché of the Israel Legation, to refute your remarks on the position of Arabs in Israel. I should like to point out that his statement that the proportion of infiltrators in the 62,000 increase in the Arab population from 108,000 (autumn, 1948) to the present 'estimated 170,000 " is relatively small " is not in accordance with the attitude of the official broadcasting station of his country. A commentator in a " Voice of Zion " transmission on July 12th stated that more than 100,000 Arabs had illegally entered the country since the foundation of the State of Israel, and went on to say that these figures indicated the importance of carrying on an energetic struggle " against this phenomenon." I feel that there has been sufficient confusion between the voice of Jacob and the hands of Esau without Israel speaking in more than one voice.—Yours faithfully,. VERITAS.
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