bplans, and the growth of the Arab university student population.
bThe amount of intermarriage in Israel is on the rise, but even
bmore startling is the number of Arabs who live with Jewish
bwomen.
bOn the one hand are the predominantly Sephardic women
bfrom moshavim or poor urban neighborhoods who are easy prey
bfor Arabs who promise them a “better life.” The twenty-four-
byear-old Holon Jewess who was involved in scores of burglaries
bwith her Arab boyfriend from the village of Baka Al-Gharbiya is
bjust one example.
bOn the other hand are the predominantly Ashkenazic wom-
ben from middle- and upper-class families who—for all the un-
bhealthy reasons seen among such women in the United States
bduring the civil rights and radical eras—find an outlet for re-
bbellion and personal confusion in relationships with Arabs.
bThese contacts are made mostly at the universities. Both the
bJewish women and the foreign Jewish students are easy targets
bfor the Jew-hating Arab student. In a series of articles on the
bproblem, the Jerusalem Post wrote (February 23, 1979): “A lec-
bturer well versed in the atmosphere of Arab student life on the
bcampus added a blunt comment: ‘I wouldn’t say it for all the
bmixed couples on campus, but in some of the cases, it is very
bmuch a matter of the best way of — the Jewish State is to —
ba Jewish girl and broadcast the fact as widely as possible.’”
bThe Arabs clearly understand the importance of humil-
biation of Jews and the place that sexual relations with Jewish
bwomen have in that humiliation. For the foreign Jewish woman
bstudent, the contact is often made on the basis of deliberate de-
bception. The handsome Israeli she met as “Moshe” later turns
bout to be “Musa,” but by the time she finds out she is deeply
binvolved. None of this is helped by policies such as at Ben-
bGurion University in Beersheba, where dormitories are totally
bmixed, male-female and Arab-Jewish.
bThe government is playing no small role in breaking down
bthe social barriers between Jews and Arabs. It will avail Israel
bnothing politically, but will lead to a disintegration of Jewish
bseparatism and Zionism, and to growing sexual relations and
bintermarriage. Thus, the Education Ministry in a press release
b(July 27, 1979) concerning government-sponsored summer
bcamps stated: “There also are camps which contain both Arab
b