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There surely are american citizens that are Arabs and Israel might want to reach some of them.

ars 13y ago
To kill them? Seems far fetched to me. They'd want to recruit them - or maybe not, since an American Arab would never be trusted by other Arabs. An American Arab would never be trusted enough to gain any useful information, so would not be of interest to Israel (not to recruit, not to kill).
- guard-of-terra 13y ago
  You are assuming that American Arab is going to enter Arab organization as a low-level member. Surely he would not fit, would not be trusted. However, I can easily see American Arabs participating in financing or coordinating Arab organizations. I can see Israel wanting to take action against such people, discovered using American intel.
  - jnbiche 13y ago
    First, "Arab organizations"? Like ASWAT, the Palestinian Lesbian Women organization? Or the Arab Table Tennis Federation? Or were were stereotyping Arab organizations to be something else? Secondly, you do realize that many thousands of Arab families have family members -- brothers, sisters, sons, daughters, and cousins -- who are U.S. citizens? You think they suddenly don't trust them? Same goes for lifelong friends who immigrate to different countries. I'm sure this applies to almost all Arabs (and in fact all nationalities) who have family who are U.S. citizens, regardless of whether they are fundamentalist, secularist, pacifist, or ultra-religious.
- nandemo 13y ago
  Why can't an Arab American make it? This Egyptian-born Israeli Jew did it. > He is best known for his espionage work in 1961 - 1965 in Syria, where he developed close relationships with the political and military hierarchy and became the Chief Adviser to the Minister of Defense. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Cohen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Cohen
  - mpyne 13y ago
    In fairness to the parent, stories like the one you posted are exactly the reason such people wouldn't be as trusted in 2013.

ars 13y ago

To kill them? Seems far fetched to me. They'd want to recruit them - or maybe not, since an American Arab would never be trusted by other Arabs. An American Arab would never be trusted enough to gain any useful information, so would not be of interest to Israel (not to recruit, not to kill).

guard-of-terra 13y ago
You are assuming that American Arab is going to enter Arab organization as a low-level member. Surely he would not fit, would not be trusted. However, I can easily see American Arabs participating in financing or coordinating Arab organizations. I can see Israel wanting to take action against such people, discovered using American intel.
- jnbiche 13y ago
  First, "Arab organizations"? Like ASWAT, the Palestinian Lesbian Women organization? Or the Arab Table Tennis Federation? Or were were stereotyping Arab organizations to be something else? Secondly, you do realize that many thousands of Arab families have family members -- brothers, sisters, sons, daughters, and cousins -- who are U.S. citizens? You think they suddenly don't trust them? Same goes for lifelong friends who immigrate to different countries. I'm sure this applies to almost all Arabs (and in fact all nationalities) who have family who are U.S. citizens, regardless of whether they are fundamentalist, secularist, pacifist, or ultra-religious.
nandemo 13y ago
Why can't an Arab American make it? This Egyptian-born Israeli Jew did it. > He is best known for his espionage work in 1961 - 1965 in Syria, where he developed close relationships with the political and military hierarchy and became the Chief Adviser to the Minister of Defense. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Cohen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Cohen
- mpyne 13y ago
  In fairness to the parent, stories like the one you posted are exactly the reason such people wouldn't be as trusted in 2013.