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Salient. Official Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 41 No. 7. April 10 1978

The Debate Continues

The Debate Continues

But the debate was not over. Carson again went up to the microphone and invited those present to continue. The abuse continued alright, but further points were made.

Someone brought up the matter of the holocaust. Carson replied that the holocaust had been used as an excuse for establishing Israel in Palestine, although it was three years after the war and there was obviously no need to guard against the anti-semetic side of nazism. Did Hitler's actions give Jewish people the right to dispossess the Palestinians of their land?

Don Carson Attempts to Speak.

Don Carson Attempts to Speak.

Zaitan Atashi

Zaitan Atashi

Mike Treen followed elaborating on the land laws which prohibit Arabs from leasing Jewish National Fund land. This was answered by an Israeli who stated that the JNF bought land because the Jewish people claimed rights in the area. "You can show things in an ugly way," she said, "and you can show the same things in a nice way." This speaker later suggested that the Immigration laws were fair because Israel could not be expected to admit the "enemy".

What about the treatment of Jews in Arab states? someone asked. Carson answered this, calling the issue a bogey. "It is based on the racist idea that discrimination elsewhere means Israeli discrimination should exist," he argued.