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Report: Poverty among Arab population growing
Yael Branovsky
Published: 16.12.07, 21:53
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1. Maybe they should move to an arab country to blend in.
(12.16.07)
2. of course it is the Arab's fault...
me ,   Gaza, Palestine   (12.16.07)
just to relieve the racist TBers from typing in their stereotypic nonesense
3. To: racist TB'er in gaza
me ,   USA   (12.16.07)
Of course it is your fault. Glad to see you admit it.
4. # 2 Maybe It is Your Fault
Thomas   (12.16.07)
Sheik Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi - "The income of the entire Arab world, including the oil-producing countries, does not reach the that of a European country, such as Spain. Spain – let alone Germany, France, Britain, or Italy. Just Spain, which is at the bottom of the list of industrial countries... The income of the entire Arab world does not reach it. How come? Because we don't work, and if we do work, we don't do it professionally. They conducted a survey of the average time that a government employee spends working in a certain Arab country. The average was 27 minutes a day. 27 minutes! The rest of the time he drinks coffee, reads newspapers, and goes on errands here and there. Only a small number of people work. The rest do not. " http://www.islam-watch.org/MEMRI/Why-Muslims-Poor-While-Zionists-Turn-Desert-2-Oasis.htm Is Sheik Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi a racist too?
5. Let's be real here number #2
Moriah ,   sacramento,USA   (12.17.07)
Of course it's your fault. You vote in your leaders who screw you out of billions of dollars of infrastructure, jobs and services every year. Where is all the billions and billions of dollars going that the international community is giving in aid? Who is benefiting from it? Why don't you even have something as basic as regular garbage pick up? Don't even try to blame Israel or "da joos" on your pathetic predicament. You want greedy murdering terrorist thugs to run your so-called country well, then LIVE WITH IT!l
6. There is no law against being poor or having a low IQ, but
Rivkah   (12.17.07)
low scoring school students should have a hair analysis done to see if lead poisoning or other toxic metals and toxins are affecting their performance in school. I have read that the kohl that is put under the eyes of Arab children (black lines) has a high lead content and it is well known lead affects learning and lowers IQ. Fluoride in water and toothpaste also lowers IQ and interferes with thyroid function and should be taken out of products according to Dr. Julian Whitaker and other researchers concerned about an industrial poison being used in products like that.
7. Why?
Eli ,   Amherst, MA   (12.17.07)
OK, Arabs are increasingly poor. Now WHY are they increasingly poor? You can't solve a problem before you know what its efficient causes.
8. What about arabs with fewer children?
David ,   Boston, USA   (12.17.07)
If you look at poverty rate of all Israelis based on the number of children per family would Arabs and Jews with larger numbers of kids be closer and Arabs and Jews with fewer kids be closer? That's important information to know, otherwise the study is meaningless. I have seen how statistics can be meaningless yet spouted as the gospel. I'd like to see more details about the study. It was my impression that beduins, druze, Arabs, with fewer kids were better off.
9. women and children hit the hardest
Yael ,   NYC   (12.17.07)
this famous ny times propaganda concept has now unimaginatively been taken over by the elite Israeli press - congratulations elitists on your original ideas !
10. the state is not the problem arab attitudes are
zionist forever   (12.17.07)
Arabs openly support palestians who are killing jews Arabs see it as a crime to ask them to contribute to society by them doing some kind of civilian service while jews do millitary service and die to protect everybody living in Israel arabs included without complaining but arabs are unwilling to do something to make life for everybody better in civilian life. Arabs say Indipendence Day is Nakba Day and boycot celebrations instead of trying to join in and say Israel is here now I am one of its citizens I will celebrbate its existance with the jewish citizens. Most arab communites are like mini ghetos because arabs like to live with fellow arabs and then they run their gheto their own way. So the thinking there is live without jews, do things your way, when you fail then blame the jews. Many of these bedoin villages are illigal so they build illigaly and then they want the government to make sure financialy that their illigal construction prospers. Arab attitudes and culture have a huge part to play here and to simply say the state isnt doing enough for them is looking for a simple problem to a complicated situation. This is the same attitude taken to the palestians give them 2 states they will be happy they are looking for a simple solution which wont work long term for a complicated problem. Stop looking to put a bandage on the injury and walking away give medicine to cure the injury once and for all.
11. Arab povery
leon ,   Grand Rapids USA   (12.17.07)
Does polygamy have anything to do with poverty ? Does having innumerable children ? Does refusing to educate daughters and forcing them into early marriage ? Just wondering.
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