History Will Find You.
Honestly I didn't really care much about the history of Israel until I found out that Israel's supporters were a major reason we went to war with Iraq. The are now pushing us into attacking Iran.
I think it has been said that "you may not care about history, but history will find you," or something like that.
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I think it has been said that "you may not care about history, but history will find you," or something like that.
In the last week of April 1948, combined Irgun-Haganah forces launched an offensive to drive the Palestinian people out of the beautiful port city of Jaffa, forcing the remaining inhabitants to flee by sea; many drowned in the process. My aunt Rose, a teenager at that time, survived the trip to begin her life in exile on the Lebanese coast. Each Palestinian refugee family grows up hearing again and again the stories of those final moments in Palestine, the decisions, the panic, as we live in the midst of their terrible consequences. Throughout 1948, Jewish forces expelled many thousands of Palestinians from their villages, towns and cities into Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt and Iraq. Hundreds of thousands of others fled in fear. The purpose was to create a pure Jewish state, ethnically cleansed of the original inhabitants who had lived there for centuries. The creation of the state of Israel was the heart of this cataclysmic historical event for the Palestinians - the mass forced expulsion of a people; the more than 50 massacres carried out over the summer of 1948 by various armed Jewish forces; the demolition of villages to ensure the refugees could not return - all this is summed up in a single word for Palestinians: nakba, the catastophe.
Guardian
posted by Brian at 7:19 AM
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In the last week of April 1948, combined Irgun-Haganah forces launched an offensive to drive the Palestinian people out of the beautiful port city of Jaffa, forcing the remaining inhabitants to flee by sea; many drowned in the process.
RESPONSE: In 1948 Arabs in present-day Israel did NOT call themselves “Palestinians,” though Jews born in that land DID call themselves Palestinians. Since 5 Arab countries attacked Israel upon her birth, could Arab behaviour w/in Israel indicated it would be a 5th column?
My aunt Rose, a teenager at that time, survived the trip to begin her life in exile on the Lebanese coast.
RESPONSE: Why would she NOT survive the boat ride from Jaffa to Lebanon when plenty of Arabs have used part of that same very route to infiltrate Israel from Lebanon in order to murder JEWS in Israel, like the Lebanese national hero Samir Kuntar, who murdered a Jew in front of his 4 year old daughter & then beat her to death w/his gun & a rock.
Each Palestinian refugee family grows up hearing again and again the stories of those final moments in Palestine, the decisions, the panic, as we live in the midst of their terrible consequences.
RESPONSE: There are even MORE ARAB JEWS expelled from Arab countries shortly after Israel’s birth, but ISRAEL RESETTLED Jewish refugees, ARAB COUNTRIES REFUSED to resettle their Arab refugees.
Throughout 1948, Jewish forces expelled many thousands of Palestinians from their villages, towns and cities into Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt and Iraq.
RESPONSE: MAYBE Israel SHOULD have followed the example of India & Pakistan’s religious separation of their respective popoulations, but Israel CHOSE to keep ARABS WITHIN ISRAEL!
Hundreds of thousands of others fled in fear. The purpose was to create a pure Jewish state, ethnically cleansed of the original inhabitants who had lived there for centuries.
RESPONSE: Israel did NOT keep only Jews w/in her borders. Circassians, Bahais, Bedouin, Druze and both Christian AND Muslim Arabs were allowed to stay in Israel & have never left until today. Arabs were NOT original inhabitants. Arabs have conquered NONARAB COUNTRIES by brutal force. Two strong examples are Egypt, so that Egyptian language (hieroglyphics are NOT Arabic)was replaced by Arabic, Iraq, so that Aramaic was replaced by Arabic. Many Arabs in Israel have names such as Halabi (meaning, “from Aleppo, Syria), Masari (meaning, “Egyptian”) showing they are NOT INDIGENOUS PEOPLE!!!
The creation of the state of Israel was the heart of this cataclysmic historical event for the Palestinians - the mass forced expulsion of a people; the more than 50 massacres carried out over the summer of 1948 by various armed Jewish forces; the demolition of villages to ensure the refugees could not return - all this is summed up in a single word for Palestinians: nakba, the catastophe.
RESPONSE: Again, upon her birth, Israel was attacked by 5 Arab nations w/the declared goal of pushing the Jews into the sea.
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