
Remind us, please: Who will push who into the sea? Haifa's Palestinian population was being pushed out of their homes into the sea in April 1948.
The CORE issues of the Palestinian-Israeli are the collective dispossession and ethnic cleansing (compulsory population transfer) of the Palestinian people for the past seven decades. In our opinion, the conflict would've been at the same level of intensity even if both parties had been Jewish, Muslim, or Christian. We've compiled the following articles to introduce readers to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict:
- First, you've to understand a very important new term: Nakba. What is Nakba?
- Facts Not Lies about the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict.
- Zionism 101, Zionism and its impact.
- Chronology of Palestinian History.
- "The Origins And Evolution Of The Palestine Problem, 1917-1947" by the United Nations.
- Busting Zionist Myths: Zionist Frequently Asked Questions, answers to the MOST frequently asked questions by Israelis & Zionists.
- Facts about Haavara (Transfer) Agreement between Ben-Gurion & Hitler
- Zionist Relations with Nazi Germany by Faris Glubb
- Refugees 101, The Birth Of The Palestinian Refugees problem.
- Ethnic Cleansing 101, how Palestinians became refugees.
- Famous Zionist Quotes, here we introduce you to the foremost Zionist leaders BASED on what they said and wrote.
- Looting, Looting & More Looting, the looting and plunder of Palestinian homes, farms, factories, businesses, banks, ... etc., soon after Nakba.
- Right of Return 101, the key to ending the Palestine-Israeli conflict.
- A Survey of Palestine, specially produced by the British Mandate for the UN before the partition resolution. (1,300+ pages)
- A Free Online Book: Israel in the Mind of America by Peter Grose, a reputable journalist and historian who was Jerusalem's NY Times' bureau chief. He knew his stuff well. His book is well-sourced. You can browse it for free after logging in to Archive.org. The book touches on many taboo subjects that you will never hear Western mainstream media discuss.
- A Free Online Book: Palestine: The Reality (1939) by Jeffries, J.M.N., Over 700 pages; written after the Great Arab Revolt in 1939 and way before Nakba.
- How Palestine became Israel, great couple of pages about the core issues of the conflict
- Study: Palestine's Population from 1800-2000
- Quiz yourself in Israeli Democracy.
- Jewish Current: A Jewish Case for Palestinian Refugee Return By Peter Beinart
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For Palestinians, memory matters. It provides a blueprint for their future by George Bisharat.
Tantura-Haifa, May 1948, Note how men, women & children were separated just before the massacre.
- The expulsion of the Palestinians re-examined By French Le Monde
- Book: Ilan Pappe's "The Ethnic Cleansing Of Palestine" (PDF)
- Videos: Responding to Zionist Propaganda
- Video: Sands of Sorrow -Depicting the lives of Palestinian refugees soon after Nakba
- Gallery: Hundreds of pictures showing how Zionist Jewish forces are ethnically cleansing Palestinians.
- Gallery: Hundreds of pictures showing Zionist Jews looting Palestinian properties.
- Video: The Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer report on the influence of the Israel Lobby on U.S. Foreign Policy
- Israeli racism explained by Joseph Massad
- Tantura massacre & ethnic cleansing exposed
- Nakba deniers explained
- How The Spartan Jew Was Born?
- What would you do if you were born a Palestinian?
- Why do Palestinians fight for their rights?
- Palestinians don't have the right to defend themselves, and they have the right to die silently!
- Why Is Gaza's Message Threatening To Some?
- Talking to a Wall: Palestine in the Mind of America
- Buying Palestinian National Rights
- Tatar and Turkish Khazars and their connection to European Judaism.
- JNF: Financing Racism and Apartheid
- UNDP: Arab Human Development Report 2002-2004
- Nakba by Aref al-Aref (Arabic). The Palestinian narrative of what happened during Nakba.
- Geography of Palestine by Mustafa Murad al-Dabagh (Arabic).
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Most of the Arabs lands were bought by the Jews legally, but there were Jews and Arabs in the land prior to the British Mandate
Reza from Iran
Now does that make it OK for terrorists to kill innocent people? NO it does not, however I can understand how a people can get so discouraged that they would do things that they would not normally do.
It is also wrong for the Israelis to keep whole towns from being able to work by blocking off all travel venues to people's jobs.
Just as Hitler was able to come to power in 1930s Germany because its people were so harshly punished after WW1, I fear that another "Hitler-like" leader will emerge out of a desperate people.
We need to remember history, so we don't repeat the same bad mistakes over and over.
Burning Conscience: Israeli Soldiers Speak Out
see youtube video at watch?v=37MFa7ZKQWo&feature=share
Burning Conscience: Israeli Soldiers Speak Out
Lord Willing our prayers willbe heard and thhis Natan the murderer should not be allowed to enter USA He must be finished and put in a Iron Casket filled with rodent and worms.Ameen.
taja kothari8.
Some of the sources that I am referring to:
H. M. V. Temperley
James A. Malcolm
Samuel Landman, M.A.
Here is an article about it in The Jewish Criterion (1935):
Sheds New Light on Origin of Balfour Declaration
London—New light on the events leading up to the issuance of the Balfour Declaration is shed by M. Landman, wartime secretary of the Zionist Organization, in an interview published in World Jewry. According to Landman it was James Malcolm, fighter for Armenian freedom, who first conceived of a British statement in favor of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Landman says that Malcolm told the late Sir Mark Sykes, secretary of the British war cabinet, that the only way of winning Louis D. Brandeis and other influential American Jews to the Allied cause was to give Palestine to the Jews. Sir Mark, however, was astonished to learn that the wealthy Jews with whom he discussed the matter were not interested in Zionism, Landman says. Fortunately Lords Balfour,, Milner and Grey spoke out in favor of Malcolm's plan and authorized • him to open negotiations with the Zionists. Malcolm then communicated with the late Leopold Greenberg, editor of the London Jewish. Chronicle, who brought Malcolm together with Weizmann and Sokolow and thus laid the foundations for the Balfour Declaration. ("Sheds New Light on Origin of Balfour Declaration,"The Jewish Criterion, March 1, 1935, page 5.).
Other excerpts:
"The Balfour Declaration, in the words of Professor H. M. V. Temperley , was “a definite contract between the British Government and Jewry.” The main consideration given by the Jewish people (represented at the time by the leaders of the Zionist Organisation) was their help in bringing President Wilson to the aid of the Allies." (page 5, Samuel Landman, M.A., "Great Britain, the Jews and Palestine," March, 1936. The originsl source is H. M. V. Temperley, "A History of the Peace Conference in Paris, 1920, volume 6", page 173.)
"The results of the talk were very satisfactory. The first step was to inform Zionist leaders in all parts of the world of the compact and Sir Marks said they would be given immediate facilities for cables to be sent through the Foreign Office and War Office, through the British Embassies and Consulates. A special detailed message was at once sent to Justice Brandeis in cipher through the Foreign Office." (p. 5, James A. Malcolm, "Origins of the Balfour Declaration: Dr. Weizmann's Contribution," (LONDON, 1944).)
"An informal Anglo-Zionist gathering took place at the house of Dr. Gaster on the 7th February, 1917, to meet Sir Mark Sykes, and Herbert Samuel (now Lord Samuel), James de Rothschild, " (page 6, James A. Malcolm, "Origins of the Balfour Declaration: Dr. Weizmann's Contribution," (LONDON, 1944).).
"Thus, as will be seen, the Zionists, having carried out their part, and greatly helped to bring America in, the Balfour Declaration of 1917 was but the public confirmation of the necessarily secret “gentleman’s” agreement of 1916...." (page 4, Samuel Landman, M.A., "Great Britain, the Jews and Palestine," March, 1936.)
"that immediately after the “gentleman’s” agreement between Sir Mark Sykes, authorised by the War Cabinet, and the Zionist leaders, cable facilities through the War Office, the Foreign Office and British Embassies, Legations, etc., were given to the latter to communicate the glad tidings to their friends and organisations in America and elsewhere, and the change in official and public opinion as reflected in the American press in favour of joining the Allies in the War, was as gratifying as it was surprisingly rapid." (page 5, Samuel Landman, M.A., "Great Britain, the Jews and Palestine," March, 1936.)
I added the site to my favorites because when I recently looked for it on google I had difficulty finding it compaired to the first time (when I just stumbled upon it).
It's difficult in America to get an unbias view of this conflict. Either the view leans heavily in favor of Israel or white supremacists and the like who hate any that are not like them . The favor Israel and demonize the palestinians is why you dont hear much complaints from america about Israel's behavior (occupation) towards the palestinian people.
I can only hope my fellow americans will be intelligent enough to inform themselves about the situation in this very important source of volatility in the world ....The Holy Land
Vive an independent Palestine !
A good start is a book by Ron David "Arabs & Israel Beginners". It's fact-baed and humerous. You should find it on Amazon.
Haitham
Israel's intransigence, ingratitude, atrocities and illegal occupation of Palestinian lands is based on a ridiculous statement in the bible of a couple hundred years ago that the mythical God promised a homeland called Israel, to the descendant of Jacob, called Israelites. This like other statements in that unenlightened book, is total nonsense, The name Israel was given to Jacob who the superstitious bible tells us was given to him after he wrestled all night with an angel of God. The descendants of Jacob were therefore called Israelites and later on Jews. Prior to 1948, there was no land called Israel. The Jews continued to be a Middle Eastern nomadic tribe migrating around the world. They have faced persecution in several countries due to their tenacity in infiltrating the political systems in their host countries. It was just recently in 1948 that America and England manipulated Palestine into giving its western strip as a homeland to the persecuted Jews in the diaspora. The name Israel was given to that western strip of Palestine. The atrocities, illegality and injustices of Israel against the Palestinians reflect the utmost ingratitude to a people who gave them a homeland. America continues to support the atrocities of Israel against the Palestinian people, flaunting the UN and international condemnation of its illegality. This support is rooted in the fact that the Jewish lobby has its finger on America's economic and political pulse. On the basis of this strategic lobby, Israel is now showing hostility towards any peace initiative by the US administration. In such a situation America has forfeited its moral credibility in world affairs. So long as America continues on this course, it will not be regarded as an impartial voice in world affairs; the distrust of the Arab world and the third world is a reflection of their indignation against America’s arrogant policies. The Palestines have no comparable military strength to Israel. America supplies Israel with the deadliest and most sophisticated military arsenal used against the Palestines. Israel’s value to America is solely as its spying eyes in the middle east; for this America will continue to pay a high price to its prestige in world affairs.
Cephas Keith Reyes, PhD.
What was the name of it's king, president, or dictator?
—Bertrand Russell, 31 January 1970
by: Americans For Palestine
I am currently after some souceful and resourceful information for my assignment on the arab - israeli conflict.
basically i know that both sides have their fair and honest view of how the war and conflict was started and how it has continued, i am looking at a non biased point of view.
my Thesis is 'The Arab israeli conflict is focused on the notion that each side believes the othe is the agressor. However, both cannot simplify the roots of the conflict to just blaming eachother'.
i am looking for what the initial cause of the war was?
How it has affected the countries involved?
and anyefforts made to resolve this conflict?
and why have these efforts failed.
Any help or information would be appreciated. Thank - You
Can one logically explain how Arabs, Muslims and Jews lived togethor for 2000 years throughout the entire middle east.
30,000 jews still live in Iran with relative freedom which includes holding a guranteed seat in parliment.
The Palestine conflict was strictly an Arab Jewish conflict nothing more.
The invasion of Palestine by the surrounding Arab nations was simply to aquire these lands for their national pride Jews had been purchasing large tracks of land directly from Arabs for 30 years prior to the creation of Israel.
Placing all other disagreements aside one fact seems to echo the position of the Arab world in that until 1967 the city of Jerusalem containing the holiest sites area of west bank ,was controlled by Arabs ( Jordan) yet never in the 19 years of control was this area ever declared as a Palestinian capital, homeland or government installed.
With regard to the current oppresion of the Palestinian Arabs in refugee camps it must be well and truly established that although right of return was denied by Isarel so to was right of admittance into the societies of the surrounding Arab nations who have essentially closed the gates and refused to grant entry ,citizenship or rights to this people who were caught in the crossfire of war that should never have commenced.
Regardless of todays current situation in refugee camps one must aknowldege that Israels population is comprised 20% Arabs being the generations of those who chose to simply stay neutral.
They are afforded Isareli citizenship, hold seats in parliment entitled to benefits afforded every citizen and such is translated into the standard of living which without doubt is the within the top 10% of the entire Mideast/UAE.
The wealth of the Arab world is within limits to have facilitated world class cities being constructed instead of refugee towns and villages yet the answer to this question has surprising results that if explored.
Theres no point in just saying how bad Israel is repetitively,
we need to find a solution and this site does not help the situation
but now that he is out of the way (he was kicked out of the country by his own PEOPLE) Israel is trembling in fear since he paid for weapons and other supplies
and BARRACK OBAMA whom I trusted to end this catastrophy actually made it worse all those promises where just to get his hands on the white house and know that SOB is trying to destroy us arabs just for being different but at the end we are all Allah's creation.
Down with ISRAEL
Help Palestine and the northern part of Jordan
Whatever you believe, dont ever call us "israeli arab refugees" as we are Palestinians, we are not israeli, (ironicly, not even the so called israelis are israelis unless of course russians were Moses (pbuh) people..).
The palestineans were never given the chance of self determination.
The solution of the problem is to dissolve the zionist state,send back the illegal thieves and establish a democratic state.Only those who were legal residents,and their desendants, in Plaestine before the british occupation should be considered as the citizens of the new state.
Palestine Arab Islamic state like the rest of the Arab and Islamic states surrounding
Them. Means that there are Jews and Zionists in Palestine a big mistake, because this entity
Zionist is not consistent with the surrounding area (such as language, customs, traditions and religion)
The only solution to end the Arab-Israeli conflict is the expulsion of Jews from Palestine
All of Palestine. The Jewish people will not rest and will not feel comfortable and stability
But if it gets out of Palestine and the Middle East completely. If people continue to
Jews in Palestine and the Middle East, the death and destruction will continue.
Palestine Arab Islamic state and will remain
I personally think that we will automatically have Peace when the Israeli occupation ends....Palestinians will NEVER give up their land EVER. Having said that, I also think that the current European-Jews (Israelis) do not necessarily have to leave Palestine, similar to South Africa's apartheid govt. But I doubt the current occupiers would be willing to do so, according to their actions with the Settlements. They ultimately have to be forced to give it up. Peace to All.
Because the Zionist entity is not shared with the Arab world, anything that characteristics such as religion, customs
Traditions and language. The existence of Israel within the Arab world is a big mistake, and constant tension
In the Middle East also note since 1948. Such as the entry of foreign objects inside the human body begins
Body fever, tension and fatigue and to ensure even go out foreign objects.
To all Arab and Islamic countries to form the Ministry of Defence and one common to all States and the expulsion of the Jews
From the Middle East. This is the best choice for Arabs and Jews in that one because he Bjrdasiraiil within the Arab world
Will feel the Arab world would not be true of the world would not be true of the Jewish people will never feel the stability and comfort, but if
Came out of Palestine, all Palestine greetings to all
Palestine Arab Islamic state like the rest of the Arab and Islamic states surrounding
Them. Means that there are Jews and Zionists in Palestine a big mistake, because this entity
Zionist is not consistent with the surrounding area (such as language, customs, traditions and religion)
The only solution to end the Arab-Israeli conflict is the expulsion of Jews from Palestine
All of Palestine. The Jewish people will not rest and will not feel comfortable and stability
But if it gets out of Palestine and the Middle East completely. If people continue to
Jews in Palestine and the Middle East, the death and destruction will continue.
Palestine Arab Islamic state and will remain
FREE PALESTINE !
I'm for the wiping Israel off the map, not in the violent "let's just drop a bomb on them" way that terrorists may mean it, but in making the whole area the country of Palestine and have everyone who lives in that area lives in peace (easier said than done, right? haha). Think about it, if the country of Palestine was already there before(which it was) then others such as modern-day israelis had the right to immigrate there, sure, but as citizens/residents of the existing government. They'd have all the rights and equalities they'd deserve, but they'd be equals to the arabs already living there, no more, no less.
The way it is now really is apartheid. Some reporters who've seen both South Africa under apartheid and Palestine as it is now say that what Israel is doing is actually even worse.
Last thing, some commentors on this site are objecting to the bias of this site. Ya, alright, it has a bias. But it's a bias towards the truth. If someone were to scathingly condemn the Holocoust and the Third Reich, ya, that'd be bias as far as the definition in the dictionary is concerned. But it'd still be %100 true.
Special pleading and the adoption of a particular narrative extends the nationalistic debate which serves to fan the fire of conflict.
The Zionist movement developed as the political articulation of a desire for political autonomy. In creating the State of Israel, its founders ignored the needs and claims of the indigenous Palestinians. In the view of these educated 18th century Europeans, the native peoples of Greater Syria, without a cogent political status or identity, were essentially invisible. This is the reality which defines the conflict over the last 61-odd years. Jewish assumptions had been that they would be able to establish a state where there was no real conflict with the Palestinians. Over time exposure to European political ideas and interaction with the neighboring Arab states encouraged the development of a Palestinian national identity, which did not exist except as an arbitrary offshoot of Syrian culture.
It is essentially a clash between modernism and traditional culture. It is not a war between Jews and Arabs but a universal struggle between man fueled by the mechanisms of modernity. It is only when people are willing to abandon their own vigilant justice and ideational crusades that this particular dispute, among others extant and those to come, can be settled in a humane and equitable fashion.
We are ostensibly wser now and should recant and put back what we can allowing the people of the region to work together as equals and occupy the lands in question as citizens of the states before Balfour.
Look at it this way.. men have treated women abysmally for the better part of humanity's history, and still do in many countries. Does that mean that the women now have the right to treat men the same way for a few thousand years in return to get back at them? Theoretically, yes, that would appear fair. Logically and from a humanistic standpoint - no. It is wise to agree that the injustices should be put behind us and work on creating universal equality of both genders. I hold the same belief what concerns the Israel - Palestine conflict. Peace is the only way to stop the suffering - on both sides, who's righter or wronger or whose side you're on should come SECOND to that.
In our safe, protected homes, we have to remember that Palestinian children live in fear of bombs and raids. That fruits and clean water that help them be healthy are with held from them, that the only knowledge they receive now is not 1 1=2 but just how to survive to next day.
Yes, we do need to remember Palestine and the unfailing spirit of it's people. We need to remember there was such and such street and the sweet shop that stood on it's corner. We need to remember because there is a concerted effort being made now to make us forget.
My answer to my son, "Yes, why don't we? Let's save Palestine."
the objective side is the most important thing in this web.
thank u!
keep up the good work with this site
thanks...that was an arab voice
I am proud of this Excellent website!
God bless our Holy Palestine
Long Live Palestine
I hope that entire world will see and understand the the TRUE
About what happen in Palestine israel kill daily and destruct houses and build israeli houses on the Palestine Lands!
Where the Human Rights Where the World Where the Arab countries where the Muslims???
I sure soon israel will lost and the Palestine will be FREE!
Inshaa Allah
Allah w Akbar
Talal MEHYAR
France
How well the Israelis and their American accomplices have learned that lesson.
Few people today remember that jews, christians and muslims lived in harmony under Turkish rule for hundreds of years before the Zionists started to arrive from Europe after WW1.
Few people remember the jewish terrorist gangs of the 1940s and the fact that some of them were willing to help the Nazis in return for a jewish state in Palestine.
The decision by the UN to partition Palestine without the consent of the population was the worst politcal decision of the 20th century and must be reversed before there can be peace in the Middle East
Palestine
I pray for the day
When your children will rise
And peace once more reigns
In your hearts
In your free homeland
There are so many things that i dont understand.
but i have relized that many people have been injured because of this disaster conflict. Everytime i turn on the t.v. i see only the conflict. every news channel its talking about it.
i wish i could make some connections with the reality of things, i need to understand it first.
well if you can give me any information about this event you can email me... [email protected]
thank you
Until the God of Israel takes pity on His suffering children, they will continue to suffer. Assuredly, He does not approve of the current holocaust at the hands of the descendants of the Khazars. The God of Israel, Jesus of Nazareth, taught that we must forgive our enemies and love those who persecute us.
Given the political and economic reality, the Palestinians cannot win by violence. The Israelis and the Americans are stronger by orders of magnitude.
Perhaps if a charismatic leader were to arise among the Arab peoples, and also if the Palestinians were to adopt a policy of *completely non-violent resistance* to the Israeli evil, the wicked Jews might be conquered.
In the meantime, this is an excellent opportunity for the Palestinians to forgive their murderous Israeli oppressors. Those Palestinians who are Christians *must* forgive; every day in the "Our Father" they ask God to forgive them in exactly the same way as they forgive those who have committed sins against them. It is not easy, but it is necessary.
Lord Have Mercy!!
i still dont understand how a country can be based on a religion...a religion written hundreds of years ago that promised a land to a sect of people...so should all the christians from all around the world bundle up and live in the usa...would that ever be allowed??
judiasm is a religion ...jews already had nationalities to begin with...they had homes and lives
but were all called to come and live on the promised land
on top of a demolished palestinian home and life
it is bewildering to see the world act so different to the same acts made by different countries...isreal goes insane over 1 hostage when she has 11,000 hostages....destroys lebanon and kills hundreds for the kidnapping of 3...massacres 900 people and injurs 4000 in gaza for a couple of rockets that have injured a few at their end.
as a very proud palestinian....i truly can say that the world has created a new generation of palestinians and arabs that have no interest in peace....palestine should be solely for the palestinian people that have endured years of injustice and should be ethnically cleansed of isrealis that have for years punished us for the holocaust....just a reminder...hitler did it not us....long live palestine
I hope that the injustices are stopped and that in the world over people stop looking at the wars themselves, but the cause of the wars and what can be done to solve them.
Peace and love
I profess little understanding of the conflict, but see it thus:
The attitude and behaviour of the Israelis almost exactly mirrors those carried out by the Nazis in Germany during WW2.
Surely the world will wake up and act eventually to stop the ethnic cleansing and brutality carried out in the name of Jews all over the world. Have they forgotten the 6 million who perished in WW2? Or is this just about retribution.
I feel for the Palestinian people and their lands. It breaks my heart that I will probably never be able to visit, and share the beauty of your birthplace.
My thoughts and prayers are with you.
we, the out side world can't do a thing, the problem lies inside palesinian people, just look at them what kind of muslims they are, they have fractions,partys,organisations and so one....
if they did follow the sunnah of the profet muhamad s.a.w.s and the sunnah of the first generation of the muslims Salaf-us-Salih this confilct will be resolved rightaway or wouldent be existed
It's certainly very interesting to see how many different views people have on the issues on what has been going on in the Israeli region since the Nakba 60 years ago. I live in the UK and like many in western countries, my only source of information about the Israeli/Palestinian issues was from the news on TV (mainly the BBC & Commercial channels such as SKY News). I was naive to what was going on because the deep rooted reasons were never explained. Suicide Bombers were reported but their reasons for doing such an extreme & horrific act were not...
I decided to delve a bit deeper. So when Al-Jazeera news started broadcasting in English on Sky TV, I was shocked to see the other side of the story! I could not believe what has happened and what is still going on in the region. Since watching reports from 'the other side' I am convinced even more so, that there is never smoke without fire.
I have since read a book called 'The Other Side of Israel' by a woman called Susan Nathan (ISBN: 0-00-719511-7) which I have found fascinating! Anyone who thinks the Arabs in the state of Israel should just 'get along' or 'get on with it' will certainly sympathize with their cause after reading this book!
So why am I writing this post? Well, these aren''t the ramblings of an English eccentric, I just feel that people should not have such strong views on one side or the other until they have delved deep into the history of issues such as these.
- Citizens of the Western world: Don't hungrily swallow up what the media spoon feed you - look at alternative news, read into the subjects, make YOUR OWN mind up! Ask yourself 'WHY?'
- Citizens of the Arab world: Don't think all Westerners are against you, politicians are crooks and we should be ashamed to not have had the strength to stand up and say NO to leaders like Bush & Blair: Remember South Africa! It took time, but the Black people prevailed!
"People should not be afraid of their governments - Governments should be afraid of their people!"
Jews have continuously lived in the area today know as Palestine for thousands of years. Jewish immigration to the area over the last 100 years was mostly to land bought and paid for. Nobody was thrown off their land and nobody had their rightfully owned land 'stolen'. No laws were violated and nobody's human right was violated by Jewish immigration. The notion that Jews have no connection, do not belong, or are 'alien' to Palestine is rubbish.
Zionism is nothing more than Jewish self determination.
A website is all it takes to change your view on one of the most controversial issues to ever come about?
I will not name my country or my nationality in this excerpt.
There are both sides to each story. Wrongs were done by BOTH sides and wrongs are still being done by BOTH sides. There are also reasons for certain countries support in these areas that go far beyond just who is RIGHT or WRONG.
Look a little deeper into the conflict.
Reasons why people did this and why people did that, look at the influences of the surrounding countries, Britian, Russia, France etc. britian's conflicting promises added to the rise inimmigration that ultimately started the huge skirmishes between the Arabs and the Israeli's.
People have a right to live in Peace.
On both sides.
What strikes me now, however, is how uncontroversial this matter should be. The Israelis are clearly acting to the detriment of the Palestinian people, if one acknowledges anything the main human rights organizations report, and they are, I believe acting against the best interests of their own citizens. (I'm sure I even read once that Ariel Sharon may have encouraged Lebanese attacks against Israelis in the north to provide justification for the attack against Lebanon in the 1980s.)
And our presidential candidates in the U.S. bending over backwards (almost literally) to please AIPAC indicates that there will be no end soon to the free flow of money for Israel security (!!).
Thank you for your incredible website. I can feel my naivete slipping away.
Just as Americans weren't told the truth about Vietnam, we weren't told the truth about the Palestinians.I didn't know that at the beginning of the 20th century, a majority of people living in what is today called Israel were Arab. I didn't know about their expulsions. Now that I do, I change my position. Of course I still don't like most Arab governments and I still want to keep Sirhan Sirhan in jail.
Nicholas R. D.
United States of America
Additional information on Zionism is found at The French Connection (iamthewitness.com). Please listen to the interviews with Jenifer Dixon.