Sorry guys, didn;t mean to russle your feathers . But obviously, none of you now where Ein Hod is. It is NOT on the west bank--it is in Israel proper, just south of Haifa. It inhabitants were NOT fighting the Jewish froces in the War of Indpendence. Thus, we are dealing with citizens of Israel. Moti, everyone kkonws that the Syrians are pigs. What does that have to do with the subject at hand. Daniel: calling me an antiSemite is not responsive to the subject at hand. George: Winning a war (which Israel did, thank G-d) is not a crime. If the Arabs had won, they would have slaughtered the reamining Jews. I note from your name that you are a Crhistian: Why are so many Christian Arabs "more Catholic thatn the Pope" when it comes to Arab nationalism? Arab Nationalism has been replaced by Islamo-fascisim, and you, George, in their eyes, are just like us Jews: a dhimmi. Birdi: you entered this discussion after it had f allen by the wayside.
Anyway, the responsible party here is the journalist Ronit Svirksy, who ignored the troubled history behind Ein Hod and simply presented an artsy travellouge. As Jews we need to look reality in the face and not do a cover-up. Maybe the govt. was right in not letting the inhanbitants return to their town. M