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In reply to the discussion: How Nazi Propaganda and the Muslim Brotherhood Led to the 1948 Israel-Arab War [View all]Little Tich
(6,171 posts)36. Please read the Wikipedia article again.
The only authorised expulsion at this time took place at Qisarya, south of Haifa, where Palestinian Arabs were evicted and their houses destroyed on 1920 February 1948. In attacks that were not authorised in advance, several communities were expelled by the Haganah and several others were chased away by the Irgun.
According to Ilan Pappé, the Zionists organised a campaign of threats, consisting of the distribution of threatening leaflets, "violent reconnaissance" and, after the arrival of mortars, the shelling of Arab villages and neighborhoods.Pappé also notes that the Haganah shifted its policy from retaliation to offensive initiatives.
During the "long seminar," a meeting of Ben-Gurion with his chief advisors in January 1948, the main point was that it was desirable to "transfer" as many Arabs as possible out of Jewish territory, and the discussion focussed mainly on the implementation. The experience gained in a number of attacks in February 1948, notably those on Qisarya and Sa'sa', was used in the development of a plan detailing how enemy population centers should be handled. According to Pappé, plan Dalet was the master plan for the expulsion of the Palestinians.
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Overall, Morris concludes that during this period the "Arab evacuees from the towns and villages left largely because of JewishHaganah, IZL or LHIattacks or fear of impending attack" but that only "an extremely small, almost insignificant number of the refugees during this early period left because of Haganah or IZL or LHI expulsion orders or forceful 'advice' to that effect.", In this sense, Glazer quotes the testimony of Count Bernadotte, the UN mediator in Palestine, who reported that "the exodus of the Palestinian Arabs resulted from panic created by fighting in their communities, by rumours concerning real or alleged acts of terrorism, or expulsion. Almost the whole of the Arab population fled or was expelled from the area under Jewish occupation."
According to Ilan Pappé, the Zionists organised a campaign of threats, consisting of the distribution of threatening leaflets, "violent reconnaissance" and, after the arrival of mortars, the shelling of Arab villages and neighborhoods.Pappé also notes that the Haganah shifted its policy from retaliation to offensive initiatives.
During the "long seminar," a meeting of Ben-Gurion with his chief advisors in January 1948, the main point was that it was desirable to "transfer" as many Arabs as possible out of Jewish territory, and the discussion focussed mainly on the implementation. The experience gained in a number of attacks in February 1948, notably those on Qisarya and Sa'sa', was used in the development of a plan detailing how enemy population centers should be handled. According to Pappé, plan Dalet was the master plan for the expulsion of the Palestinians.
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Overall, Morris concludes that during this period the "Arab evacuees from the towns and villages left largely because of JewishHaganah, IZL or LHIattacks or fear of impending attack" but that only "an extremely small, almost insignificant number of the refugees during this early period left because of Haganah or IZL or LHI expulsion orders or forceful 'advice' to that effect.", In this sense, Glazer quotes the testimony of Count Bernadotte, the UN mediator in Palestine, who reported that "the exodus of the Palestinian Arabs resulted from panic created by fighting in their communities, by rumours concerning real or alleged acts of terrorism, or expulsion. Almost the whole of the Arab population fled or was expelled from the area under Jewish occupation."
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Palestinian_exodus#December_1947_.E2.80.93_March_1948
If you have any real evidence for a nazi link to the war(s) in Palestine 1947-1948, please show me. I'm reluctant to accept the word of a neo-con pseudo-historian with no evidence whatsoever. I'm sure you believe there's such a link, but you can't convince me with such flimsy proof.
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How Nazi Propaganda and the Muslim Brotherhood Led to the 1948 Israel-Arab War [View all]
aranthus
Apr 2016
OP
He's a hack & fraud with zero credibility. He has admitted he doesn't deal in facts. n/t
shira
Apr 2016
#32
Another "All Palestinians are responsible for the shit the Grand Mufti did" thread.
Ken Burch
Apr 2016
#4
So this should be surpressed because you've decided the motive for posting it ?
King_David
Apr 2016
#9
The problem in the Mideast is that *everyone* has both historical, and refreshed, excuses
villager
Apr 2016
#27
Thanks, Ken. I've given up hope, actually, that either side will stop "Otherizing" their "enemies."
villager
Apr 2016
#35
The fear(soon realized) of mass dispossession and exile were one of the major reasons
Ken Burch
Apr 2016
#48
There's a vocal minority of those here on DU that blame Israel for everything.
King_David
Apr 2016
#13
I don't approve of their tactics, but what they were offered in '48 was too small to be a real state
Ken Burch
Apr 2016
#22
The '47 partition plan was more a state than what the Palestinians are asking for today....
shira
Apr 2016
#24
Israel haters don't like being reminded that their cause is linked to Nazi Jew hatred. n/t
shira
Apr 2016
#40
The Arab Palestinians did not have a military so how were they able to launch attacks?
Tony_FLADEM
Apr 2016
#64