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November 1, 2021

Palestinians Care More about Higher Living Standards Than about Ending the Occupation

And they’re more concerned with their own rulers’ violations of their rights than Israel’s.

According to the self-styled advocates for their rights in the West, Palestinians’ greatest concerns are preventing the construction of housing for Jews in the West Bank, an end to the Israeli presence in territory acquired during the Six-Day War, and obtaining national independence—an impression confirmed implicitly by most reporting on the region. But a recent survey by a highly regarded Ramallah-based polling center suggests different priorities altogether. Hussain Abdul-Hussain writes:

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November 1, 2021

  1. Palestinians Care More about Higher Living Standards Than about Ending the Occupation

    And they’re more concerned with their own rulers’ violations of their rights than Israel’s.

  2. Palestinian Terrorism, the Video Game

    The joystick intifada.

  3. Measuring Israel’s Natural Abundance

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  4. To Survive, the Jewish People Need the Jewish Religion

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  5. The Man Collecting and Preserving the Everyday Objects of East European Jewry

    Arthur Kurzweil’s 4,000 dreidels.