docmauser1
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Funny, Le Monde Antisemitique of 1997 quotes Morris. Here's some Morris then "There was no Zionist "plan" or blanket policy of evicting the Arab population, or of "ethnic cleansing". Plan Dalet (Plan D), of March 10th, 1948 (it is open and available for all to read in the IDF Archive and in various publications), was the master plan of the Haganah - the Jewish military force that became the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) - to counter the expected pan-Arab assault on the emergent Jewish state. That's what it explicitly states and that's what it was. And the invasion of the armies of Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Iraq duly occurred, on May 15th.What really happened: "One example of this second phase was the expulsion of Arabs living in Lydda (present-day Lod) and Ramleh. On 12 July 1948, within the framework of Operation Dani, a skirmish with Jordanian armoured forces served as a pretext for a violent backlash, with 250 killed, some of whom were unarmed prisoners. This was followed by a forced evacuation characterised by summary executions and looting and involving upwards of 70,000 Palestinian civilians - almost 10% of the total exodus of 1947- 49. Similar scenarios were enacted, as Morris shows, in central Galilee, Upper Galilee and the northern Negev, as well as in the post-war expulsion of the Palestinians of Al Majdal (Ashkelon). Most of these operations (with the exception of the latter) were marked by atrocities - a fact which led Aharon Zisling, the minister of agriculture, to tell the Israeli cabinet on 17 November 1948: “I couldn’t sleep all night. I felt that things that were going on were hurting my soul, the soul of my family and all of us here (...) Now Jews too have behaved like Nazis and my entire being has been shaken (10).”The expulsion of the Palestinians re-examined - Le Monde diplomatiqueOne example of this second phase was the expulsion of Arabs living in Lydda (present-day Lod) and Ramleh. On 12 July 1948, within the framework of Operation Dani, a skirmish with Jordanian armoured forces served as a pretext for a violent backlash, with 250 killed, some of whom were unarmed prisoners. This was followed by a forced evacuation characterised by summary executions and looting and involving upwards of 70,000 Palestinian civilians - almost 10% of the total exodus of 1947- 49. Similar scenarios were enacted, as Morris shows, in central Galilee, Upper Galilee and the northern Negev, as well as in the post-war expulsion of the Palestinians of Al Majdal (Ashkelon). Most of these operations (with the exception of the latter) were marked by atrocities - a fact which led Aharon Zisling, the minister of agriculture, to tell the Israeli cabinet on 17 November 1948: “I couldn’t sleep all night. I felt that things that were going on were hurting my soul, the soul of my family and all of us here (...) Now Jews too have behaved like Nazis and my entire being has been shaken (10).”="docmauser1, post: 9864848, member: 25338"]How so? They claim to be there from time immemorial, or for eons, or whatever, of course!Funny, palstanians didn't exist then, of course.Another "interpretation" from RoccoR. The war had started on 30th November 1947.
Funny drivel. But I'm here to spread the light! So, back to chronology:The neighbouring states intervened much later when the Zionists declared their state.
- May 15, 1947 - The General Assembly established a Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP).
- August 31 - The UNSCOP recommended partition of Palestine with an internationalised Jerusalem, a minority report recommended a federation.
- September 29 - The Arab higher committee rejected the UNSCOP recommendation formally.
- October 2 - The Jewish agency accepted the UNSCOP recommendation formally.
- November 29 - The UN approved the partition.
- November 30 - Arab mobs attacked jews in Jerusalem, arab armed thugs began operations against jews everywhere.
- March 19, 1948 - The US proposed a partition suspension and called for a special session of the GA to discuss trusteeship.
- April 1 - The Security Council called for a truce and a special session of the GA to reconsider future of Palestine.
- May 13 - Jaffa arab thugs got their asses kicked by hagana.
- May 14 - Declaration of Independence. The US recognized Israel de facto.
- May 14 - The British mandate ended. Arab armies invaded Israel.
- May 17 - The USSR recognized Israel.
- May 19 - Jerusalem cut off by arabs.
- May 1948 - July 1949 - War.
"Funny, palstanians didn't exist then, of course." Palstanians did not exist, of course. Never actually heard of these people.That is Arabs, A-RABS!Palestinians, however, had existed at least since the early 1920's when the Palestine Arab Congress were formed and sent the first Palestinian Arab Delegations to conferences with the British in London.procuring employment!!! Very much humane, indeed! Not like arabs, of course.Your chronology is balderdash. Jew thugs began planning ethnic cleansing in 1895:
" "We shall try to spirit the penniless population across the border by procuring employment for it in the transit countries, while denying it any employment in our own country... expropriation and the removal of the poor must be carried out discreetly and circumspectly. Theodor Herzl"Maybe, Plan Majestic 12? Since, according to Benny Morris, There was no Zionist "plan" or blanket policy of evicting the Arab population, or of "ethnic cleansing"., of course.and was completed through the successful execution of Plan Dalet in 1948.
It is true that Plan D gave the regional commanders carte blanche to occupy and garrison or expel and destroy the Arab villages along and behind the front lines and the anticipated Arab armies' invasion routes. And it is also true that mid-way in the 1948 war the Israeli leaders decided to bar the return of the "refugees" (those "refugees" who had just assaulted the Jewish community), viewing them as a potential fifth column and threat to the Jewish state's existence. I for one cannot fault their fears or logic."
Kewl.