And pressured England to keep Jews out by turning away refugee boats and sometimes sinking them in international waters.
Palestinians were so locked in their opposition to Zionism that they were unable to appreciate the Jews’ existential needs..."
such as existing.
"just as they failed to appreciate the effects of indiscriminate acts of violence against Israeli civilians."
Yup. Actively perpetrating "indiscriminate acts of violence against Israeli civilians" sure qualifies as "failing to appreciate the effects. If only somebody would have told them that the Jews would eventually start fighting back, and in 1948 defeat them, they might not have annihilated entire communities.
Kuttab is playing a pc lie. Islamists and Arab Nationalists were allied with the Nazis, and the leader of the “Palestinians” Haj Amin Al-Husseini raised units for them.
- the occupation since June 1967 of the remaining lands of historic Palestine -
What is "historic Palestine" exactly? Jerusalem, as we all know was built by the Jewish kings, was destroyed several timess in antiquity, and rebuilt over more than 1,000 years. So the "occupation" of "historic Palestine" is in fact a re-occupation of "historic Judea".
Moving back in history, we see the "historic capital of the Jews" occupied or owned by: The Assyrians, the Macedonians (Alexander), Ptolemaic dynasty, the Seleucids, before being retaken by the Jews. The Jews lost ground to the Roman Empire, who had asserted control by the time of Herod, who was still the vassal ruler. Revolts led to the destruction of the Second temple in 70AD. Hadrian ejected the Jews in 140AD. From Rome rule passed to the Byzantine (Eastern Roman Empire) then was lost to the Persians around 600AD.
In 638, as part of the first jihad Jerusalem came to fall under Moslem control. The Crusaders conquered in 1099, recaptured by the Moslems in 1187, returned to the west in 1228, and lost to the Turks in 1244, who in turn lost it to the Mamelukes after only 20 years.
In 1517 it fell again to the Ottaman Turks. The Ottaman's held defacto control though much influence slipped away to the Egyptians and several European powers that had large presense there.
The British controlled Jerusalem from the fall of the Ottaman empire, a side effect of WW1, from 1917 to 1948.
The Jordanians captured one half of Jerusalem in 1948, rather than allow the UN rules (international city run by UN to be followed by and election in 10 years to determine political fate) to take effect. The new state of Israel captured the other 1/2. The two halves were reuinted in 1967 after Israel defeated Jordan and her allied Arab partners in the six day war.
So, in all this history, these thousands of years of war and conquest where, exactly, are the "Palestinians" of whom the author speaks??
If one assumes the Palestinians are in fact Jordanians it seems odd in 2008 to view the relatively minimal 19 years period of time that Jordan ruled 1/2 of Jerusalem as some how definative in terms of ownership. Why does the 20 years of Jordanian rule count for more than the ensuing 41 years of Israeli rule, or the hundred of years of Turkish rule, or the almost 700 years of Roman rule?
Perhaps we should give it back to the Italians?
The rest of this artical is equally vapid and ahistorical.
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palestinians angry, as usual, that they lost in 1948, lost in 1956, lost in 1967 and lost in 1973 and it's all the Zionists fault. Which I suppose it is.
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palestinians angry, as usual, that they lost in 1948, lost in 1956, lost in 1967 and lost in 1973 and it's all the Zionists fault. Which I suppose it is.
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palestinians angry, as usual, that they lost in 1948, lost in 1956, lost in 1967 and lost in 1973 and it's all the Zionists fault. Which I suppose it is.