RE: Israel's Lies
⁜→ P F Tinmore, Hollie, et al,
BLUF: Well, from a myopic perspective, you have a small point made here. But in terms of the 1948 War of Independence, it was not over until an international agreement was (or will be) concluded (between Israel and the Arab League States) in written form and governed by international law, whether embodied in a single instrument or in two or more related instruments and whatever its particular designation;
The point is that the 5 Arab countries did not lose.
What did Lebanon lose?
What did Syria lose?
What did Jordan lose?
What did Iraq lose?
What did Egypt lose?
What?
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As I've said before, in the post WWII era, the terms "win" or "lose" are usually not applicable. But,
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IF you want to look at it in those terms,
(Ω) THEN the Arab League Forces gained not Territory and lost ≈10,000 Killed in Action.
(Ω) THEN: Israeli Forces successfully defended their territory and the Arab League Forces actually lost ground.
✦ By 1967, the Egyptians had lost control of the entire Sinai and the Egyptian Army surrendered.
◇ Largely - through diplomatic efforts, the Sinai and the Egyptian 3d Army were released back to Egyptian control.
✦ By 1979, the Egyptian Treaty with Israel made permanent the international boundary between Egypt and the former mandated territory of Palestine as the permanent boundary between Egypt and Israel. (Without Prejudice to the Palestinians.)
✦ By 1988, the Jordanian sovereignty over the West Bank and Jerusalem had been abandon into the hands of the Isreal, which already had effective control over the territory.
✦ By 1994, the Jordanian Treaty with Israel the international boundary between Jordan and Israel was established to the boundary definition under the former Mandate. (Without Prejudice to the Palestinians.)
✦ By 2000, Lebanon reaffirmed the international boundary between Israel and Lebanon was the same as the 1923 boundary - was meticulously retraced in 1949.
(Ω) The governments of Syria and Iraq are not the same government as in the 1948 War.
◈ In 1948, in a Cable from King Abdullah, HM explained that Jordan was compelled to enter Palestine to protect unarmed Arabs against massacres similar to those of Deir Yasin. However, the actions of the Jordanian Forces and the Egyptian Forces suggest that the primary purpose of the entry was to secure land for sovereign territorial expansion.
◈ Whatever reason you want to ascribe to, by the outcomes observed today, the entry of Arab League Forces accomplished nothing except to suffer casualties
(civilian and military).
◈ So your argument on this point is damn weak.
Let's get back to Israel's two handed whopper. The Arab armies did not lose the 1948 war.
Are you going to believe legal UN documents or Israel's worldwide bullshit machine?
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Like so many other worldwide bullshit machines of today, the pro-Arab Palestinians have their complement. But let's invert the question: Between the outbreak of hostilities in 1948 and the end of the conflict with the adjacent forces in the shadow of the post-1973 Yom Kipper War, "what did Israel lose?" If Israel successfully defends and drives out hostile Arab League Forces, and ends-up with control of the territory (West Bank, Gaza Strip, and Jerusalem) how is that a loss? And if, in your myopic view of "win-lose" yardstick, who wins?
Our friend Hollie actually makes a sarcastic point - yet valid.

Most Respectfully,
R