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bbor, but as a result Jews stopped working, and this created ba critical shortage of Jewish labor. This, in turn, made Arab blabor no longer a luxury but a necessity. The reliance on bArab labor is both a national disgrace and a danger. In addi- btion, the hiring of Arab children and women to work for bslave wages and in outrageous conditions not only takes jobs bfrom Jews who cannot work for such low wages, but is a bmoral shame and outrage that corrupts the Jewish charac- bter.

bIn addition, of course, there is the stark fact of growing bphysical strength on the part of Arabs who do hard manual blabor while Jews grow soft. This has led to the attacks on bJews in cities of “mixed” population. And the very fact that bfactories hire Arabs brings them into the cities, where the bincidence of crime and sexual attacks soars.

bAll this will, of necessity, be changed. When there are bno Arab workers, the Jews will be forced to work. When there bis no choice, Jewish employers will be forced to pay decent bwages. When there is a national work shortage, the govern- bment will be forced to adopt an emergency policy of Jewish blabor. “Work battalions” will be created within the army or bother national service. Every young soldier will be given in- btensive training in occupational vocations and experience in bbasic manual labor. No student will be able to graduate high bschool or enter a university without having spent part of each byear giving national service in the form of manual labor.
 

bThe removal of the Arabs from the land will throw open the bterritories as a challenge to world Jewry, especially the young. bThe opportunity to settle everywhere in the biblical portions of bIsrael and, thus, truly meet Jewish historic destiny can be pre- bsented to them as it has never been until now.

bOpponents of Arab emigration call such plans “incitement bto revolution.” But the truth is that the very existence of the bState of Israel already assures that. It is the presence of Jews and bJewish institutions in East Jerusalem, the government’s plans to b“Judaize” the Galilee, the very existence of Tel Aviv and an b“Israel” in place of a “Palestine,” that incite and assure Arab bhatred and dreams of revenge.

bThe idea of transferring Arabs out of Eretz Yisrael is not b