tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post2400039898520305780..comments2024-01-02T02:18:30.960-08:00Comments on Israel Thrives: The Big LieMike L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-18980906476566980062011-10-24T13:20:42.853-07:002011-10-24T13:20:42.853-07:00Couple great points made in the comments here. I&#...Couple great points made in the comments here. I've often wondered why the question is never asked why Jordanian and Egyptian control of the WB and Gaza respectively were never called an occupation between 1949 and 1967. I'm not a fan of the "Palestinians are a recent invention" argument. The fact is they are, and have to be dealt with, as such. But the lands now supposedly being illegally occupied by Israel, have been similarly "occupied" for centuries. <br /><br /><br />But only the Jews have been singled out as evil occupiers. <br />S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-55934444702270719122011-10-24T11:56:30.549-07:002011-10-24T11:56:30.549-07:00I always find it odd when they talk about the so-c...I always find it odd when they talk about the so-called "ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians."<br /><br />I mean, the Arabs of the mandate launched a genocidal civil war against the Jews directly after UN 181 at the end of November in 1947. A war fought against not just Jewish men, but against Holocaust survivors and Jewish women, yet they still got beat.<br /><br />And now they have the chutzpah to yammer at us about "ethnic cleansing"?<br /><br />What kind of moral calculus is it that says there should be no consequence to genocidal efforts against Jews?Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-45294898232841289132011-10-24T11:43:48.113-07:002011-10-24T11:43:48.113-07:00The truth, of course, is that some were compelled ...The truth, of course, is that some were compelled to leave and other left of their own accord.<br /><br />One of the things that never gets mentioned in progressive-left I-P discourse is that the Jews had no such option to flee.<br /><br />Flee where?<br /><br />It was a matter of fighting or dying.<br /><br />The Arabs had options that the Jews did not.Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-59548938657892998832011-10-24T11:33:51.430-07:002011-10-24T11:33:51.430-07:00Yes. The 1951 proceedings also stated matter of f...Yes. The 1951 proceedings also stated matter of factly that the Arab refugees abandoned and fled, as compared to the present notion offered that they were ethnically cleansed as a whole.oldschooltwentysixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15672887176887940797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-81134848177951483052011-10-24T11:04:05.683-07:002011-10-24T11:04:05.683-07:00I am looking at the follow-up to UN 194 in 1951. ...I am looking at the follow-up to UN 194 in 1951. Interesting, no mention of Palestinians, only Arabs.<br /><br />One would think that if re-settlement had been offered to the refugees themselves, along with compensation, many thousands would have accepted and integrated into the other Arab societies. There would not be this intractable issue today. But Arab leaders chose to let them suffer to further conflict.<br /><br />The idea that these leaders have changed is ludicrous, except in a world turned upside down.oldschooltwentysixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15672887176887940797noreply@blogger.com