Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: How Nazi Propaganda and the Muslim Brotherhood Led to the 1948 Israel-Arab War [View all]aranthus
(3,386 posts)The original post is about how the war started in 1947. Kuenzal is offering a theory as to why the Palestinians started the war. How can what happened in 1948 be at all relevant to how the war started months before? It can't, can it? Now go back and read the Wikipedia article. All of the instances of expulsions occurred in 1948, well after the war started. They have nothing to do with why the Palestinians chose war rather than compromise. So the entire article is irrelevant to the point.
As to your attempt to divert by claiming mass expulsions, it's telling that you rely on Pappe, who at the least has issues with credibility, and ignore Morris, who just as clearly does not have the problems Pappe has. As an example, when Pappe claims that "plan Dalet was the master plan for the expulsion of the Palestinians," he's either clueless as an historian, or else he's a bald faced liar. Morris, on the other hand, shows how the expulsion claim is totally overblown.
I suggest that you read some real history on the subject rather than the pap from Pappe. Morris is good on the issues. Also try, "Elusive Victory," by Trevor DuPuy. He's an American military historian with no axe to grind. He has a very good discussion of Plan Dalet.