Arabs are occupying Jewish land and should all leave.

Does not really cover the story correctly. Contrary to what is said here, thousands lived with their other half of their families in the West Bank. The experience of few people here and there does not really mean that they were not well received! This is a non representable sample of reality. Let me mention that many of the Palestinians in the West Bank are originally from Jaffa and Haifa and Akko etc. Most of the Israeli Arabs really went there! Also about women etc, the Arabs in the West Bank are more conservative than those in Haifa and on the beaches. It is always the case. The mountains people are more conservative than the Beach people!

wat the writer of this unobjective article is tryin to do is to plant hate between palestinians and show them as savages....well any1 who truly knows palestinians would know that this is false , wat ever happened was only individual events that doesnt represent the society a bit,girls sometimes get harrassed everywhere even in telaviv and some ppl try to use hogh prices its all normal and happens everywhere so cut the bullshit cuz israelis can never plant hate between palestinians who face a common enemy.....zionists

"But they didn't respect us at all, and saw as worse than the Jews. " He is also a Jew-hater if that insulted him. I have no patience for these people. They don't shed a tear for Jews killed by these same WB Palestinians but heaven forbid these WB Pals don't provide them with air-conditioning, let's all cry. Enough with this hypocrite, I can't take it

What happened to the hospitality that the Arabs are so fond of mentioning?

well here we see the true face of arab brothers im sorry to say but the palastinians do not want peace they have had many chances

Contrast this with the attitude of the Jews in the rest of the country towards their fellow Jews from the north. So now which is the compassionate nation and which is not?

It seems it is an Isolated incident happened with Abbasi's family. on the contrary, here in Rmallah were i live, we used to respect them. me my self hosted one of them in my appartment. the story i read doesnt portray the real situation here. we are very much sympathised with our brothers and did our best to let them feel comfortable.

What the writer is trying to show is WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED to these Arab families. I understand it's embarrassing and humiliating for Arabs to have to read this, but it should be brought out in the open and people SHOULD know how you behaved to your own 'brothers' It also gives them just another small insight into your mentality and what Israelis, and now, Arab Israelis have to deal with.

... pronounced at the top of your lungs my Palestinian neighbors, we await your off-the-shelf excuse: "it's all the fault of the occupation".

Not only towards fellow Jews: My sister, a Jew, took in two Israeli Arab families.

37 tanks, 1 warship, 1 chopper destroyed, over 100 soldiers killed. I expect Israeli intelligence to be better than that.. that Hiz. weapons are from Russia via Iran n Syria. I think IDF were taken aback how sophisticated the Russian anti-tank missiles were and how well those dummy Hiz. fighters were able to handle those missiles. Obviously, they were trained in Iran and well prepared for this war. So, what went wrong. Could someone shed some light here?

This only proves what the children are being taught...to hate. This is the reason why children are being taught to hate...to grow up with hatred. This is why these new generations don't know anything but hate...because that is what was taught to them. This is what the PA government focused on with the money that was being sent over...to cultivate hate...rather than create schools and better living areas. I'm sorry to hear what happened. To those that say these were isolated incidents...add up these isolated incidents and see what it sums up to...not your isolated incidents anymore. Instead, it's a problem you will have to correct. To those that experienced these things, maybe now would be a good time to create a possibility for your fellow brothers. Show them that hatred leads to nowhere. Show them the possibilities you can create when you work as a community...Israelis and Arabs. This is a perfect opportunity to help those that are blinded by their hate. Stand up against those that are teaching the young Arabs how to hate. This is your opportunity to do something about it...it's a precious moment. Seeing that you have access to those areas... you might want to create a community project to educate those that have been misled. It won't be easy...but if you need help...I'm sure there are people you can ask for help. Good luck!

to the real world,Abassi,and other Haifa arab-Israeli residents;who fled Due to Nasrallah's "Request",Did you really believe that His Rockets were meant only for the Jews???You fled to Other Arab cities,hoping for a "better welcome" and you were greeted with "stones"and insults,These very "Arabs that work and earn a living in Israel,so that they can put food on their tables,and feed their famillies;;These "BROTHERS" that insulted you and your wives & daughters,I bet you don't get insulted by the Israelis who live in your neighbohood??Are these "palestinians ,"still your Brothers?These "Brothers respect no one but their own,and that is why they are still stagnating,in their POOR lives,THEY HAVE NO TOLERANCE FOR OTHERS,They wish to earn Israeli shekels ,so that they can feed their Greedy mouths,BUT they are not prepared to offer the basic hospitality,to their" Brothers "who live in Haifa.Let me tell you ,it is you who are the winner here,DID YOU REALLY THINK THAT YOUR MONEY WAS USED FOR HUMANITAIRIAN PURPOSES? "NO MORE DONATIONS? MEANS NO MORE ARMS AND TNT TO KILL MORE ISRAELI CITIZENS.KNOW THAT YOUR MONEY WILL NOT BE USED FOR PROMOTING DEATH. I wish you and your fellow citizens,a happy life in Israel...

They were lucky not to be accused of being collaberators. This little reported incident of the exocution of a suspected collaberator can be seen below http://www.riehlworldview.com/carnivorous_conservative/2006/08/a_demonstration.html

about their loyalties to Israel.

First of all, Mr. Abassi talks as if he was the Victim of humanity, i don't see anyone mentioning what Mr. Abassi and his daughters did before getting this reaction from the locals...there is never Smoke without Fire..anyways, thats the Objectivity of the Press i guess! Now, i have to tell this honourable Mr. Abassi that we don't need his donations and we don't need his hypocritical " compassion', we never asked for anything! Now let me clear up the context for the Foreign and israeli readers : In the West Bank lives thousands and thousands of Arab Israelis who lived here for a long long time and who never complained about anything and who are respected more than the residents themselves! shall i talk about the Arab israeli Treatment to us when we go to their towns? No..i won't go that low! For your information, hundreds of Arab israelis from the North got sheltered at houses all over the westbank! In Bethlehem, Beit Jala and Beit Sahour for instance, families opened their houses for these people! Mr. Abassi went to Closed hotels that have not been operating since the start of the intifada and that operated in order to shelter him and his friends( who obviously didn't deserve it at all), he expected to find the European way of life in an Occupied city....Mr. Abassi: SHAME ON YOU!

One interesting subject that occured to me in this war , is that How on earth do Palestinians living in Haifa accept the fact that Israelies are treating them worse than shit, for instance during the bombards of Hizb Allah, they didnt have refugee shelters as the israelies did, how come they say palestinians WB are not treating them well, wht dont they look How Isreail is treating them before they stabb there palestinian brothers, what a shame it is to read such a non representating article.

Are you reading crappy palestinian/lebanese press? they never destroyed a warship, let alone 37 tanks, 2 tanks at most, give me a break, if it wasn't for IDF's logistics failure and lack of support from the world there would have been a clear cut victory

Second, and to answer your question, the stereotypes hold - that Israel thinks of more productive things and there is where we put most of our resources and energies. Our enemies prefer to focus on war and destruction. That is the primary answer you will get from any expert political/economic analyst.

Last month I visited Bethlehem as member of a group of tourists from the UE. It is true that prices there were the highest we found in our tour. Some items about six or seven times higher. Of course I bought nothing. Now I tell everybody who plans to travel there to be careful and to avoid buying there. On the other hand, if you say something they do not agree with, they start shouting at you, asking if you are a Jew. This happened to us in Nazareth. You have to be very careful with them. This is not the way with tourists. I believe the article. This is not the way.

he said "Occupied city" they just cant help themselves LOL brainwashed and stupid to the last word. What Mr. Abassi learned is that to live with Jews there is dignity but when back to his own tribe, he forgot how they live in barbarity in culture and behaviour. Guess he woke up. But where does his true loyalties lie?

My family went to west bank town and was not treated well at all we got shouts sayjing we are jew lovesr and mean shouts. this is madness we went to escapre rockets and got more hate it was too much to handle so we too went home to face teh rockets again. my heart gose out to Abassi family.

I am speechless. All I can say is, the people that do these things, and those that observe and take part, are absolutly barbaric creatures. It makes me very sad to see such things. I hope they get what they deserve one day. Terrible.

The occupation? It was my understanding that the only force occupying Bethlehem these days is your own people, whoever you are. BTW, anyone know what the people of this region were called before the English gave them the name Palestinians?

Israel trying to find an excit for it self from the situation by saying how was the west bank palestinian treats them .( it happend in israeli) how many rappe isuse happend in israeli since the last year? west bank no one single case. while you might be right but at least they are not occupying them and they are free people. thats why they went into the streets calling to bomb Tel Aviv