One Reason I Am a Strong Supporter of Israel

Many years ago I wondered out loud to a friend about how Palestinians must feel to have been driven out of their land and homes as Israel was created. He pointed out that

• Jews bought their land and homes as they moved to Israel, pre-1947. They didn't take anything from anyone.
• Most Palestinians who left Israel did so voluntarily at the behest of Arab leaders who promised they could return within a few weeks after the Jews were "driven into the sea."
• The Palestinians who were driven from their homes and land were comparatively small in number, and that happened only because the Transjordanians, Syrians, and Egyptians attacked and tried to annihilate the Jews of Israel.

With these three points in mind, it is difficult not to support Israel. Add to them the fact that these same Arab countries refused to encourage the Palestinians to assimilate into their countries, and we see that the major source of the problems in the middle east is anything but Israel.

For more on the refugees in the middle east, see The Great Refugee Scam.

The story of the Arabs who left the coastal areas of Palestine in the spring of 1948 encapsulates one of the great international frauds of the 20th century. The Arabs are the only declared "refugees" who became refugees by the initiative of their own leaders. The concoction of the monstrous charge that it was the Jews who had driven out the Arabs of Palestine was a strategic decision made by the leaders of the Arab League months after the Arabs' flight.

... It was in the immediate aftermath of the war that the refugee scam was developed into an international operation. As soon as the UN Disaster Relief Organization started providing food, shelter, clothing and medical attention to the Arabs who had fled Palestine, a mass of needy Arabs descended on the camps from all over the Arab states. The organization had no machinery for identification; so the arrivals simply signed the register as refugees and received the free aid.

And there is much more at that site.

Comments

[Jack Allingham]

"History is a myth agreed upon." Napoleon Bonaparte.

"No two historians ever agree on what happened, and the damn thing is they both think they're telling the truth." Harry S. Truman.

A less settled view may be found at:

http://www.mideastweb.org/refugees1.htm

An excellent historical context:

http://www.mideastweb.org/briefhistory.htm

[Steve Ambler]

The other side of the coin ... Your source gives 420,000 as an upper bound on the number of Arabs who evacuated Israel in 47-48. This source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_exodus_from_Arab_lands - estimates that 856,000 Jews left Arab countries between 47 and the early 70s. Most were forced to abandon their property. About 600,000 settled in Israel. They were integrated into Israeli society, so they don't get quite as much press.

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29837969/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_mandate

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RjnvQHWyLE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2mTgq-jw8M&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1VZXpd7oqs&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR5Kv7QGFV0&NR=1

Take some time to understand history and what the Torah really says
http://www.israelversusjudaism.org/oppression/index.cfm