New York Times · 26 September 2002

CP-2002-076

Israeli-Arab Hero Is Praised, but Not Embraced

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Transcribed from the clipping

“Rami Mahamid, with his mother beside him, was honored by the Israeli police yesterday for his bravery… Other Israeli Arabs, after all, had helped Palestinian terrorists. But Rami foiled one.”

Context added by this archive

James Bennet, from Afula. A teenager spots a bomber at a bus stop and is given a commendation, and the story is about how far the commendation does not go. The headline tells you before the first paragraph does: praised, but not embraced.

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"Israeli-Arab Hero Is Praised, but Not Embraced," New York Times, 26 September 2002. Covering Palestine archive, CP-2002-076. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-2002-076

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