OK then, I apologize for the "shill" characterization and much prefer civil, on-topic and substantive discussion over the snarky and puerile exchanging of insults so frequently seen here.
Long before the Ottomans and the British, the Arabs controlled Palestine. Before them, the ancient Hebrews and before them, the Canaanites, Phoenicians, Jebusites etc.
During British occupation, the Arabs were promised and earned Palestine under the McMahon Agreement(1) by fighting along with the British against the Ottomans.
While the Arabs were sacrificing their lives for the return of Palestine, the machinations of influential Zionist lobbies in London managed to have the McMahon Agreement abrogated in favor of the Balfour Declaration.
Under Balfour, Palestine's tiny Jewish population was given over half of Palestine by the foreign British occupiers.
Not satisfied with most of Palestine, foreign, European Zionists trained and armed by National Socialist Germany (2) invaded and occupied Palestine and began exterminating and expelling Palestine's native residents of generations.
These same Nazi trained and armed Zionist terrorist gangs also benefited from an enormous amount of sophisticated German weaponry even after WW 2. (3), (4) when the Haganah became IDF.
I think that it is safe to conclude that without professional German military training and superior German weaponry, Haganah / IDF would have been driven into the sea.
In addition to unlimited German weaponry, Israel's 1967 victory was a result of years of training, planning and the element of surprise.
Please note:
âI do not think Nasser wanted war. The two divisions which he sent to the Sinai, on May 14, would not have been sufficient to start an offensive against Israel. He knew it and we knew it.â (Yitzhak Rabin)
The claim that Israel's attack on Egypt in June 1967 was "preemptive" is a popular one, but historically false.
www.foreignpolicyjournal.com
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Essentially, you are admitting that what the current Israeli government is doing is a cruel and criminal injustice and, as a general rule, one cruel and criminal injustice does not justify another.
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Because I was treated wonderfully by the Muslims when I spent 10 -11 months walking and hitch hiking throughout the Islamic Middle East, I do not consider the Muslims to be our enemies.
After all:
âEvery time anyone says that Israel is our only friend in the Middle East, I canât help but think that before Israel, we had no enemies in the Middle East.â
â John Sheehan, Society of Jesus. (Jesuit priest)
The numerous Muslims who gave me rides, treated me to meals, shelter and tours of ancient archeologic ruins expected nothing in return as many of them had never seen a Westerner.
I spent countless hours among curious groups of Muslims who wanted to know all about America, American movies, American cars and life in America.
They expressed admiration and respect for the American people but, naturally, resent the US Governments "Israel First" Middle East policy.
Among the two questions I was most frequently asked were:
1. "Why do Americans suddenly hate us?"
2. "Why does the American government help the Israelis kill the Palestinians and steal their land?"
I tried to explain the toxic influence of Western pro Israel MSM (5) on naive and gullible Americans and the equally destructive power of influential and insatiably parasitic Zionist lobbies but the Muslims with whom I conversed couldn't understand why people as sophisticated as Americans could be so easily deceived, exploited and manipulated nor can I.
Even though this was over 50 years ago, I consider the promises that I made to my numerous Muslim hosts to do what I could to help bring about an equitable US Middle East policy just as valid today as they were over 50 years ago.
I hope that this explains why I support an even handed US Middle East policy which is the only way to bring peace to the region and spare the lives of more American G.I.s already in the region.
Thanks,
(1). "The McMahon Agreement"
The McMahon-Hussein Agreement of October 1915 was accepted by Palestinians as a promise by the British that after World War One, land previously held by the Turks would be returned to the Arab nationals who lived in that land. The McMahon-Hussein Agreement was to greatly complicate Middle East...
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EXCERPT "The McMahon-Hussein Agreement of October 1915 was accepted by
Palestinians as a promise by the British that after
World War One, land previously held by the Turks would be returned to the Arab nationals who lived in that land. The McMahon-Hussein Agreement was to greatly complicate
Middle East history and seemed to directly clash with the
Balfour Declaration of 1917."CONTINUED
(2). âZionism and the Third Reichâ
Zionism and the Third Reich
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âIn cooperation with the German authorities, Zionist groups organized a network of some forty camps and agricultural centers throughout Germany where prospective settlers were trained for their new lives in Palestine. Although the Nuremberg Laws forbid Jews from displaying the German flag, Jews were specifically guaranteed the right to display the blue and white Jewish national banner. The flag that would one day be adopted by Israel was flown at the Zionist camps and centers in Hitler's Germany. /19
Himmler's security service cooperated with the Haganah, the Zionist underground military organization in Palestine. The SS agency paid Haganah official Feivel Polkes for information about the situation in Palestine and for help in directing Jewish emigration to that country. Meanwhile, the Haganah was kept well informed about German plans by a spy it managed to plant in the Berlin headquarters of the SS. /20
Haganah-SS collaboration even included secret deliveries of German weapons to Jewish settlers for use in clashes with Palestinian Arabs. /21
In the aftermath of the November 1938 "Kristallnacht" outburst of violence and destruction,
the SS quickly helped the Zionist organization to get back on its feet and continue its work in Germany, although now under more restricted supervision. /22â CONTINUED
(3). âInside the Germany/Israel Relationshipâ
http://www.momentmag.com/inside-germ...-relationship/
EXCERPTS âFederal Republic of Germany laid the groundwork for Israelâs infrastructureâincluding roads, railways and shippingâwhile simultaneously rebuilding West German industry.
In addition to money, Israel also needed weapons. As early as 1954, German reparation funds were secretly being used to buy patrol boats, tanks and arms. Germany itself supplied Israel with weapons through a variety of back channels. Many details remain untold, but a 2006 U.S. Congressional Research Service report concluded that German-supplied arms âplayed a considerable roleâ in building up Israeli military might in the wars of 1967, 1973 and 1982."CONTINUED
(4). âGerman-Israeli Armaments Cooperationâ
German-Israeli Armaments Cooperation
EXCERPT âIsrael profited from cooperation by having a reliable and quick source for spare parts and complete weapon systems â even in times of war, when other nations like the United States, Great Britain and France were more restrictive in supplying arms to Israel. Another advantage was the willingness of the German government to pay for these exports to Israel."CONTINUED
(5). âStudies continually show strong pro-Israel bias in western mediaâ
http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/studies-continually-show-strong-pro-israel-bias-western-media-881718416
EXCERPT âMainstream western media outlets are, by and large, infused with a pro-Israeli ideological bias that colors nearly all mainstream Western reporting on Israel-Palestine.
Israel is assumed to be good, peaceful, and like âusâ. The Palestinians, meanwhile, are backwards, violent, and foreign. These are the assumptions that most western news outlets start with," CONTINUED