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| Palestinian Refugees - What Happened in 1948? |
| 2005-12-29 |
| This post aims at developing an understanding of the context that lead to the initial (not necessarily ongoing) Palestinian refugee problem. The claim for or refusal of a âright of returnâ stems from the conditions that created the refugee problem in the first place. Trying to pin down that context, however, involves more than simply reading up on Israelâs War of Independence or the Palestinians Nakba (catastrophe). It also involves entering into âthe Wars of the Historiansâ.[1] As some know well and others not at all, the historical record and interpretation of the events of 1948 and the surrounding years, are hotly disputed. This post will certainly not change that circumstance. Challenge and dispute as you see fit. ... |
| Posted by:Whealet Angolusing5641 |
| #3 the Paleos have indicated no ownership, stewardship, nor commen sense values... I vote for "wasteland" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-12-29 22:14 |
| #2 Naw, nothing so tricky. Just another KnackBar. |
| Posted by: Leon Clavin 2005-12-29 20:15 |
| #1 Whatever, it was THREE generations ago. There is NO way to restore the past. War sucks. It always screws somebody (maybe nearly everybody.) To me it seems like a whole lot more Jews were expelled over the years from Arab lands than Arabs from Israel, even assuming the Palestinian version of history and counting population growth since then. As far as I can tell, the Jews 'took' the historical land of Judea (which means land of the Jews?), an area with negligible natural resources and minimal Islamic historical significance, and made something of it, to the point where the Arabs who stayed are about the most free and wealthy in the entire Arab world (excepting 'royal' families). In a 'fair' world the rest of the Arab nations would have absorbed the fairly small number of 'expelled' and moved on, but instead they concentrated on making the problem grow. And grow. And grow. To where it is now inevitably going to lead to some kind of Armageddon where nobody 'wins' anything. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2005-12-29 19:34 |