But their education was not confined to artistic representation. We also saw the rifle range on which girl students had practised for the invasion of Israel Contrast this training with the fact that never since the founding of Israel nearly twenty years ago have Jews been taught to hate Arabs or to covet additional territory. The closest Israel Jews come to irredentism was an abiding love for Jerusalema love enshrined in the Psalms. in the poems and songs of ancient and modern Israel. and now in Israels most popular song: "Jerusalem of gold . . . let me be the harp to sound your songsl" Compared with the camps in the Gaza strip. the West Bank refugee centers we visited were as day to night. We walked informally into a camp on the road to Nablus and were received with genuine friendliness. curiosity and hopefulness. These were people whose poverty was apparent and among whom the ravages of disease and neglect touched us deeply. a child with a suppurating ear infested with flies. adults whose sight had been impaired or destroyed by trachoma. beggar children looking for coins or bread.