I am glad you are getting both sides of the question here. (This is not always the case). But again. I reiterate that over and beyond the arguments in our discussion here today or any discussion on this subject. the strongest point of all for Israels case is that repeatedly she has offered to sit down face to face over the table and discuss all the issues involvedan offer made in public statements by Israeli officials. in and out of the United Nations hallsbut to date. eighteen years after the 1948 ArabIsrael war and the creation of this tragic refugee question we are now discussing. no responsible Arab leader of any country has ever once agreed to the acrossthetable face to face discussion which characterizes our American way of life and which Israel has repeatedly proposed. And now. let me directly react to the remarks of my Arab friend (I like that word better than the usual debate terminology of "opponent." and if he does not prefer to look upon me as a friendthough I hope he doesthen let us at least call ourselves "dialogists" and not "opponents"). Like most Arab spokesmen whom you are likely to hear. Dr. - emphasized the following basic points: One: he told you about the sad plight of a million and a half Arab refugees. who. after so many years. are still homeless. Two: he told you that of these Arab refugees. at least a million of them are there because Israel expelled themdrove them outfrom their homes. Three: he told you that the only solution to the problem is that these Arab refugees must go back to Israel. Four: he told you that Israel started the war in 1948. which I must immediately brand as an amazing rewrite of history at a time when there are still so many people who know and remember what actually did happen at that time. Now let us get back to the land of reality and see what we can do about replacing fiction with fact.
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