GLASNOST, et al,
Maybe in some sense this is true (accurate in some degree). However, the actual conflict between the two factions was not caused by the removal or civilian persons and objects under its control from the vicinity of military objectives. This movement, while it had a political aspect that the Arabs concentrated their focus upon, had the greatest impact on the Rear Area Protection (RAP) goal of the Israelis to provide security, behind the forward edge of the battles, and facilitated the logistical flow, continuous combat and combat service support, and unimpeded movement of units throughout the rear area.
I think it is very important to view the original reasoning behind the relocation of the Arab Palestinians from the vantage point of what was essential to win against the combined forces of the Arab League.
Long prior to the day of Independence and the immediate invasion and attack by hostile Arab nations, as early as the 1920, still in the era of the Occupied Enemy Territory Administration —- and the Year of both the San Remo Convention and the Treaty of Severs, serious clashes erupted between the Jewish Immigrants and the Arabs. “The political officer to the administration went even further: "Arab national feeling," he wrote, "is based on our gold and nothing else" (Meinertzhagen, p. 83).”
The tension between the Jewish and Arab factions were quite calm from about the time the Mandate was published, until the agitation by the British Appointed Hajj Amin al-Husseini, Mufti of Jerusalem — coincidentally, the arrival no the scene of Sheikh Izz ad din al-Qassam (a Syrian Arab Preacher on the run).
This agitation and incitement by the Mufti culminated in a week long rampage which afforded the Arabs an opportunity to profit from the pillage and plundering of Jewish property; the principle motivation, disguised as retaliation for the Jewish defilement of Muslim holy places. Villages were plundered and destroyed by Arab mobs. (This is not unlike the strategies used today nearly a century later.)
Again, during the period 1936-1939, was the time of the Arab Nationalist Uprising and Revolt. This also started (coincidentally) in the death of al-Qassam in a gunfight between law enforcement and the jihadist Palestinian Black Hand; which al-Qassam founded.
The Civil War started in November 1947, after the adoption of Resolution 181(II); and continued until May 1948 when the Jewish declared independence. At which time, the Arab League attacked in force on all sides. During the Period 1974 through 1995, significant progress was made towards peaceful solutions. But the that agreements between Israel (Labor Party) and the Palestinians was not long in lasting; in that the Likud Party had been bitterly opposed to the Labour government's "land-for-peace deal" with the PLO. And the status quo has remained since.
Most Respectfully,
R
Maybe in some sense this is true (accurate in some degree). However, the actual conflict between the two factions was not caused by the removal or civilian persons and objects under its control from the vicinity of military objectives. This movement, while it had a political aspect that the Arabs concentrated their focus upon, had the greatest impact on the Rear Area Protection (RAP) goal of the Israelis to provide security, behind the forward edge of the battles, and facilitated the logistical flow, continuous combat and combat service support, and unimpeded movement of units throughout the rear area.
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I think it is very important to view the original reasoning behind the relocation of the Arab Palestinians from the vantage point of what was essential to win against the combined forces of the Arab League.
Long prior to the day of Independence and the immediate invasion and attack by hostile Arab nations, as early as the 1920, still in the era of the Occupied Enemy Territory Administration —- and the Year of both the San Remo Convention and the Treaty of Severs, serious clashes erupted between the Jewish Immigrants and the Arabs. “The political officer to the administration went even further: "Arab national feeling," he wrote, "is based on our gold and nothing else" (Meinertzhagen, p. 83).”
The tension between the Jewish and Arab factions were quite calm from about the time the Mandate was published, until the agitation by the British Appointed Hajj Amin al-Husseini, Mufti of Jerusalem — coincidentally, the arrival no the scene of Sheikh Izz ad din al-Qassam (a Syrian Arab Preacher on the run).
This agitation and incitement by the Mufti culminated in a week long rampage which afforded the Arabs an opportunity to profit from the pillage and plundering of Jewish property; the principle motivation, disguised as retaliation for the Jewish defilement of Muslim holy places. Villages were plundered and destroyed by Arab mobs. (This is not unlike the strategies used today nearly a century later.)
Again, during the period 1936-1939, was the time of the Arab Nationalist Uprising and Revolt. This also started (coincidentally) in the death of al-Qassam in a gunfight between law enforcement and the jihadist Palestinian Black Hand; which al-Qassam founded.
The Civil War started in November 1947, after the adoption of Resolution 181(II); and continued until May 1948 when the Jewish declared independence. At which time, the Arab League attacked in force on all sides. During the Period 1974 through 1995, significant progress was made towards peaceful solutions. But the that agreements between Israel (Labor Party) and the Palestinians was not long in lasting; in that the Likud Party had been bitterly opposed to the Labour government's "land-for-peace deal" with the PLO. And the status quo has remained since.
Most Respectfully,
R
