The fact is that we created 10 to 20,000 jobs for Arabs and Jews and Druze, which has made the Galilee a very positive place.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Let's set things straight... there are 300 million people living in countries within the Nile basin in horrific economic and security conditions. The $500 that they earn in Israel every month is an annual salary in their countries of origin.
It's totally viable to envisage a million Jews living in Judea and Samaria.
I grew up in Palestine, West Virginia, which is mostly a farming community; there aren't a lot of jobs.
If we see to it that the Israelis, Palestinians and Jordanians have jobs, we will actually be securing our own future.
We have built cities, developed industry and cultivated agriculture - we have transformed the State of Israel into an example and symbol for many other countries in the world.
I opened about a dozen employment centers for Arab women across Israel during my two years as minister of economy.
The amount of culture going on in a small country like Israel is amazing.
'Arab Labor' was light, snappy. We got emotional over things, but from a safe place, from the terrace.
We believe that Lebanon has been the first real experience for all the Arabs.
Many occasions I've sat down with Israelis to say, where do you see your country in 10 years time, and work me back, so we can figure out the synergies and the connections between Israel and the rest of the Arab world. No Israeli has ever been able to answer that question.
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