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Israel's new historians have acknowledged Ben Gurion's commitment to "removal." As Benny Morris notes, Ben Gurion "understood that there could be no Jewish state with a large and hostile Arab minority in its midst." On 24 May 1948, Ben Gurion wrote, "We will establish a Christian state in Lebanon, the southern border of which will be the Litani River. We will break Trans-Jordan, bomb Amman and destroy its army, and then Syria falls, and if Egypt will still continue to fight - we will bombard Port Said, Alexandria and Cairo. This will be in revenge for what they (the Egyptians, the Aramis and Assyrians) did to our forefathers during Biblical times." The Israeli leadership therefore developed a plan for ethnic cleansing under cover of war, compiling detailed dossiers on the communities that needed to be driven out and then passing on the order, in Plan Dalet, to commanders in the field.
If a long term solution is to be found, one thing is clear. The West must give up its knee-jerk conditioning to embrace and defend any action by the Israelis as inherently defensible. They are not saints. Their tactics and actions are preposterous and inhumane. Allegations of ethnic cleansing and apartheid warrant examination and punishment. These methods and tactics are just as reprehensible in Israel/Palestine as in Africa, Germany, or anywhere else. Despite the objections to an open debate, there must be one. At this point in time, any criticism of Israel is summarily labeled anti-Semitism. If Israel's supporters wish to end "anti-Semitism" against Jews, they should seek to end Zionism's "anti-Semitism" against the Palestinians.See the full content of this document
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The Coming of the Third Palestinian Exodus
Israel has once again sealed off the Gaza Strip from all but limited humanitarian aid, spawning widespread food, water and fuel shortages and crippling the local economy in the overcrowded territory of 1.5 million people. By depriving Palestinians of the basic conditions of...
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