I hate to say it, but these paragraphs are referencing articles written in 2008? Sounds like fabricated bullshit to me.
Your state was born of terrorism and worse; no bullshit.
Hmmm...
One Jew talking vs millions of Muslims committing murder.
You really are stupid.
You really are Jewish:
"This story starts in 1799, outside the walls of Acre in Ottoman-controlled Palestine, when an army under Napoleon Bonaparte besieged the city. It was all part of a campaign to defeat the Ottomans and establish a French presence in the region.
"In search of allies, Napoleon issued a letter offering Palestine as a homeland to the Jews under French protection. He called on the Jews to ārise upā against what he called their oppressors.
"Napoleonās appeal was widely publicised. But he was ultimately defeated. In Acre today, the only memory of him is a statue atop a hill overlooking the city.
"Yet Napoleonās project for a Jewish homeland in the region under a colonial protectorate did not die, 40 years later, the plan was revived but by the British."
And ignorant.
Al-Nakba - Special series - Al Jazeera English
So many things have happened since that time, Gaza George. The borders of many countries have seen changed. Why, at that time we didn't even see the country of Pakistan until much, much later on and no doubt you didn't have a problem with land from India being carved off to make another country for the Muslims and all those Hindus whose ancestors lived on that land for thousands of years had to move. However, only if the Jews are involved with something, you want everyone to sit up and take notice, even though it is obvious that you really don't care about the Arabs. Now as for your Al Jazeera piece -- can you verify it from something like the
Encyclopedia Britannica as this would be an important event which would be included in that encyclopedia.
"In early 1948, Jewish paramilitary forces began to seize more land in Palestine. By the end of July, more than 400,000 Palestinians had been forced to flee their homes, and their plight as refugees had just begun.
In May of that year, Swedish diplomat Count Folke Bernadotte had been appointed as the UN Mediator in Palestine. His mission was to seek a peaceful settlement.
The Count surveyed devastated Palestinian villages and visited refugee camps in both Palestine and Jordan. The scale of the humanitarian disaster became apparent, as he witnessed cramp living conditions, long queues for basic food and scarce medical aid.
"Count Bernadotte was no stranger to human disaster; with the Red Cross he had rescued over 30,000 prisoners of war from Nazi concentration camps. Now he advocated the Palestinianās right to return to their homes.
In a report dated 16 September 1948, he wrote:
āIt would be an offence against the principles of elementary justice if these innocent victims were denied the right to return to their homes, while Jewish immigrants flow into Palestine, and, indeed, at least offer the threat of permanent replacement of the Arab refugees who have been rooted in the land for centuries.ā
"The Countās first proposal argued for fixed boundaries through negotiation, an economic union between both states, and the return of Palestinian refugees - the proposal was turned down.
"On 17 September, the day following his UN report, Count Bernadotteās motorcade was ambushed in Jerusalem. He was shot at point blank range by members of the Jewish Stern gang."
Al-Nakba - Special series - Al Jazeera English
