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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 37, No 15. July 3 1974
[Introduction]
This article, by D.A. Aitchison-Windeler, was originally, submitted to the daily press for publication but rejected became it didn't favour the prejudices of the newspaper. Ha also sent a letter to six newspaper, mildly complaining that the Arabs didn't get a fair hearing in New Zealand. His letter was printed in an abridged version by one paper and rejected by the other five.
There is no greater truism than the expression "A little learning is a dangerous thing". All will agree that the Middle East is a very complex part of the world, and views are often expressed about it charged with emotion and in my opinion generally far from the truth. This is brought about by a number of factors the most common often being:
| 1) | Lack of knowledge; |
| 2) | Lack of information; |
| 3) | Inability to communicate with the Arabs; |
| 4) | Impressions based on very, very brief visits to Israel. The following paragraphs are set out for your information, and no apology is offered for the obvious bias, for' I speak for the Arabs who are seldom represented on radio, TV, or any other form of the media. |