I wonder if the Zionists themselves, who had left Europe behind and had no desire to go back, might have miscalculated how others would respond to forcible displacement.
I wonder if the Zionists themselves, who had left Europe behind and had no desire to go back, might have miscalculated how others would respond to forcible displacement.
From what I've read (Rashid Khalidi, Ilan Pappe, Avi Shlaim, Benny Morris), none of this is miscalculated. They knew exactly what they were doing from the get go and were perfectly willing to brutally repress any opposition or resistance. But don't take my word for it, Ben Gurion himself conceded:
"If I were an Arab leader, I would never sign an agreement with Israel. It is normal; we have taken their country. It is true God promised it to us, but how could that interest them? Our God is not theirs. There has been anti — Semitism, the Nazis, Hitler, Auschwitz, but was that their fault? They see but one thing: We have come and we have stolen their country. Why would they accept that?” (quoted by Nahum Goldmann in Le Paraddoxe Juif (The Jewish Paradox), pp121.)
Please sign the petition and share it widely to list the individuals in the IDF firing upon civilian food aid truck drivers and the civilians getting food, as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (they meet all National Security Qualifications). Here is the link: https://chng.it/sPyssnJYbF
I wonder if the Zionists themselves, who had left Europe behind and had no desire to go back, might have miscalculated how others would respond to forcible displacement.
From what I've read (Rashid Khalidi, Ilan Pappe, Avi Shlaim, Benny Morris), none of this is miscalculated. They knew exactly what they were doing from the get go and were perfectly willing to brutally repress any opposition or resistance. But don't take my word for it, Ben Gurion himself conceded:
"If I were an Arab leader, I would never sign an agreement with Israel. It is normal; we have taken their country. It is true God promised it to us, but how could that interest them? Our God is not theirs. There has been anti — Semitism, the Nazis, Hitler, Auschwitz, but was that their fault? They see but one thing: We have come and we have stolen their country. Why would they accept that?” (quoted by Nahum Goldmann in Le Paraddoxe Juif (The Jewish Paradox), pp121.)
Ehud Barak, another former Israeli Prime Minister, admitted that he would've joined the fight against the Israelis were he born a Palestinian (see: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-mar-11-mn-27709-story.html).
Please sign the petition and share it widely to list the individuals in the IDF firing upon civilian food aid truck drivers and the civilians getting food, as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (they meet all National Security Qualifications). Here is the link: https://chng.it/sPyssnJYbF