Stay tuned for the next post in the reform series… perhaps tomorrow or Monday.

So according to you, the ones who are calling for Israel’s destruction are to be blamed while the Israeli army – and its powerful state sponsors – who are STILL occupying the land of Palestine and destructing the Palestinians need to be reassured?

I’m impressed by such a consistent logic mixed with an even greater sense of justice. Bravo!

Israel is the most notable violator of U.N resolutions.
Please cf. “Deliberate Deceptions: Facing the Facts About US-Israeli Relationship” (Lawrence Hill Books, 1995) written by the former – and Republican! – Congressman Paul Findley.

The colonial state you are defending ignored at least 65 resolutions – which is 65 times more than what was actually needed to “throw Iraq back to the Middle Ages.”

“and it was the Arab armies who called on all Palestinians to leave their homes.”

Oh man..I thought even most of Israel now knows that to be a complete myth.”

The evidence on what happened to the Palestinians in 1948 overwhelmingly concludes…that you cannot make a definitive conclusion. To dispel this notion of the influence of Arab regimes is almost as one-sided as believing that no one was violently driven out. I can find you plenty of sources from Arab, Anti-Zionist, or neutral publications from the time which indeed indicate that the plight of the Palestinians was indeed not as simple as evil Israelis uprooting everyone in sight. Even the Israeli historians who began to discredit Ben-Gurion’s account acknowledged that the Palestinians became refugees for a multitude of reasons. I have met many people who make conclusions about 1948 based on what happens today or because it conveniently fits into some kind of narrative, perhaps a David vs. Goliath type, in which actual research or an unbiased perspective would cause them to realize that perhaps things are not as simple as they appear. I hope this is not the case with you.

We have participants here, on SC, as well as scores of terror organizations and their state sponsors who are STILL calling for Israel’s destruction.

Some things never change.

“After 48 it was the Arab Palestinians who wanted to throw the Jews in the sea”

Here’s your challenge – Find an Arab leader who was ever recorded to have made that quote. You will find the only public utterance of that quote is made by an Israeli Prime Minister.”

Does it have to be this direct quote because there are plenty with the same meaning:

1948 – Azzam Pasha, Secretary-General of the Arab League: “This will be a war of extermination and a momentous massacre which will be spoken of like the Mongolian massacres and the Crusades.”

1954 – Muhammad Salah al-Din, Egyptian Foreign Minister: “We shall not be satisfied except by the final obliteration of Israel from the map of the Middle East.”

1967 – Hafez Assad, when Defense Minister: “I, as a military man, believe that the time has come to enter into a battle of annihilation.”

1967 – Abdur Rahman Arif, Iraqi President: “The existence of Israel is an error which we must put right. This is our opportunity to wipe out the disgrace which is Israel which has been with us since 1948. Our goal is clear- to wipe Israel off the map.”

However, the “quote” may perhaps come from Musa Alami, Palestinian nationalist and politician: “The Arabs of Palestine left their homes, were scattered, and lost everything. But there remained one solid hope: The Arab armies were on the eve of their entry into Palestine to save the country and return things to their normal course, punish the aggressor, and throw oppressive Zionism with its dreams and dangers into the sea. On May 14, 1948, crowds of Arabs stood by the roads leading to the frontiers of Palestine, enthusiastically welcoming the advancing armies. Days and weeks passed, sufficient to accomplish the sacred mission, but the Arab armies did not save the country. They did nothing but let slip from their hands Acre, Sarafand, Lydda, Ramleh, Nazareth, most of the south and the rest of the north. Then hope fled.” (1949).