This is very true. There are some blue-eyed Israelis, but you'd be hard-pressed to find a blue-eyed Palestinian.
That's because they kill them.
The average Pali is not much different than a tribe in the deep Congo. They are not allowed to be educated in anything other than the Koran, because, I mean come on, even you have to admit the Koran contains all knowledge man needs to know. This makes them very stupid, and very, very, superstitious.
Curses, and witch doctors(so to speak), are alive an well there. I saw a woman buy a rock from a "healer" and she was using it to cure her obvious lymphoma. I prayed for her because I knew she would die.
I do not know if you will understand this, but I suspect you will.
Chamsa! Chamsa! Ayin ha-raa. (the evil eye)
You can be accused of anything there. Their version of werewolf, witch, devil, anything, and it is all taken very seriously. The accusation itself is enough to get you killed.