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Arabs Says Their March with Israelis is a Matter of ‘sports, Not Politics’

July 19, 1968
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Two East Jerusalem Arabs who are participating along with an Israeli Army detail and a group of Israeli civilians in a four-day march across the Netherlands today rebuked questioners who suggested that their presence had political implications. The march is an annual sporting event in which the Dutch Army and others take part. The Israeli contingent includes women soldiers.

The Arabs, Mohammed Abu Dora, 25, and Kalil Aboulizhwa, 30, were both civil servants in East Jerusalem before the June, 1967 war and are still so employed. Mr. Dora denied that their participation represented “collaboration” with the Israelis.”This is sports, not politics,” he told questioners.

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