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bGzawi’s home were also found two pistols and an ‘Uzi’ . . .” b(Maariv, February 22, 1976). b7.a“Haifa: The police yesterday arrested five young Arabs bin connection with the delayed-action hand grenades discovered bin local cinemas. . . . Three of the men are residents of the West bBank and the other two from the Acre area” (Jerusalem Post, July b18, 1973). b8.aHeadline: “Ten Arabs Arrested in Galilee; Suspected of bOrganizing Sabotage” (Maariv, June 21, 1973). b9.a“Six young Arabs, residents of Lydda, suspected of mem- bbership in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, bplanned to carry out in the next few days a series of attacks bthroughout the country. This was revealed by investigation of bthe suspects arrested October 30” (Maariv, November 19, 1972). b10.a“Terror Cell Bared in Galilee Village b“The security authorities have uncovered a six-man sabo- btage cell in Nahf, Western Galilee. . . . The investigation estab- blished that the group was preparing to ambush army cars on bGalilee roads and to carry out sabotage acts in the industrial bplants of Carmiel . . .” (Jerusalem Post, October 10, 1971). b11.aAnd from Eliyahu Amikam, columnist for Yediot bAharonot (July 12, 1974): “Ziad J’bali, commander of the band bof murderers that carried out the operation in Ma’alot [where bmore than twenty schoolchildren were killed], was born in bTayba, Israel. Ahmed Abad Alal, the ‘hero’ of the Nahariya bmurders, spent the 23 years of his life in Acre, where he was bborn. . . . 200 Israeli Arabs recently left the country. The papers bwrote that ‘apparently’ they will join the terrorist groups. Two bHebrew U. graduates, attorney Sabry Jareis and Jazi Daniel, bare now numbered among the ideologicians of the ‘Palestine bLiberation Movement.’” bA random sample; there are many more. Of course, the bprofessional apologists will point out how many Arabs did not bparticipate in anti-state activities. The Nazis might have also b“proved” the “loyalty” of Belgians, Frenchmen, and Dutchmen bby the low number of active underground people in these coun- btries. Of course, few people have the courage to participate in bdangerous activities. The question is: How many Arabs privately bsympathize with and support the minority? The answer is: bMany, very many. bFor years the signs have been there, the signs of an Israeli b
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