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"The Arabs who became refugees in 1948 were not expelled by Israel but left on their own to facilitate the destruction of Israel" -- so we have pointed out here many times, and yet the received mainstream media version of history, as we have seen again in stories marking Israel's 60th, is that the refugees were expelled by Israel. Now, however, here is a collection of statements from Palestinians, admitting that that isn't true.
"PA daily: Arabs left homes on their own to facilitate destruction of Israel -- and thus became refugees," a bulletin by Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook for Palestinian Media Watch (thanks to Chetz):
The Arabs who became refugees in 1948 were not expelled by Israel but left on their own to facilitate the destruction of Israel, according to a senior Palestinian journalist writing in a Palestinian daily. This plan to leave Israel was initiated by the Arab states fighting Israel, who promised the people they would be able to return to their homes in a few days once Israel was defeated. The article in Al-Ayyam concludes that these Arab states are responsible for the Arab refugee problem.A backbone of Palestinian English-language propaganda is the myth that Israel expelled hundreds of thousands of Arabs from Israel and created Arab refugees. But in recent years, PMW has documented an increasing willingness among Palestinians to openly blame the Arab states and not Israel.
Following are five such statements of blame, starting with this most recent article and including testimony from refugees themselves and corroboration by Palestinian leaders. Clearly, there is a growing Palestinian willingness to blame the Arab leaders, which corroborates Israel's historical record.
1. Jawad Al Bashiti, Palestinian journalist in Jordan, writing in Al-Ayyam, May 13, 2008
"Remind me of one real cause from all the factors that have caused the "Palestinian Catastrophe" [the establishment of Israel and the creation of refugee problem], and I will remind you that it still exists... The reasons for the Palestinian Catastrophe are the same reasons that have produced and are still producing our Catastrophes today.
During the Little Catastrophe, meaning the Palestinian Catastrophe the following happened: the first war between Arabs and Israel had started and the "Arab Salvation Army" came and told the Palestinians: 'We have come to you in order to liquidate the Zionists and their state. Leave your houses and villages, you will return to them in a few days safely. Leave them so we can fulfill our mission (destroy Israel) in the best way and so you won't be hurt.' It became clear already then, when it was too late, that the support of the Arab states (against Israel) was a big illusion. Arabs fought as if intending to cause the "Palestinian Catastrophe". [Al-Ayyam, May 13 2008]2. Mahmoud Al-Habbash, Palestinian Journalist in PA official daily, Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, December 13, 2006
"...The leaders and the elites promised us at the beginning of the "Catastrophe" in 1948, that the duration of the exile will not be long, and that it will not last more than a few days or months, and afterwards the refugees will return to their homes, which most of them did not leave only until they put their trust in those "Arkuvian" promises made by the leaders and the political elites. Afterwards, days passed, months, years and decades, and the promises were lost with the strain of the succession of events..." [Term "Arkuvian," is after Arkuv - a figure from Arab tradition - who was known for breaking his promises and for his lies."] "
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, December 13, 2006]3. Asmaa Jabir Balasimah, Woman who fled Israel in 1948, Al-Ayyam, May 16, 2006
"We heard sounds of explosions and of gunfire at the beginning of the summer in the year of the "Catastrophe" [1948]. They told us: The Jews attacked our region and it is better to evacuate the village and return, after the battle is over. And indeed there were among us [who fled Israel] those who left a fire burning under the pot, those who left their flock [of sheep] and those who left their money and gold behind, based on the assumption that we would return after a few hours."
[Al-Ayyam, May 16, 2006]4. Son of man who fled in 1948, PA TV 1999
An Arab viewer called Palestinian Authority TV and quoted his father, saying that in 1948 the Arab District Officer ordered all Arabs to leave Palestine or be labeled traitors. In response, Arab MK Ibrahim Sarsur, then Head of the Islamic Movement in Israel, cursed those leaders, thus acknowledging Israel's historical record.
"Mr. Ibrahim [Sarsur]. I address you as a Muslim. My father and grandfather told me that during the "Catastrophe" [in 1948], our district officer issued an order that whoever stays in Palestine and in Majdel [near Ashkelon - Southern Israel] is a traitor, he is a traitor."
Response from Ibrahim Sarsur, now MK, then Head of the Islamic Movement in Israel:
"The one who gave the order forbidding them to stay there bears guilt for this, in this life and the Afterlife throughout history until Resurrection Day."
[PA TV April 30, 1999]5. Fuad Abu Higla, senior Palestinian, Al-Hayat Al-Jadidah, March 19, 2001
Fuad Abu Higla, then a regular columnist in the official PA daily Al Hayat Al Jadida, wrote an article before an Arab Summit, which criticized the Arab leaders. One of the failures he cited, in the name of a prisoner, was that an earlier generation of Arab leaders "forced" them to leave Israel in 1948, again placing the blame for the flight on the Arab leaders.
"I have received a letter from a prisoner in Acre prison, to the Arab summit:
To the [Arab and Muslim] Kings and Presidents, poverty is killing us, the symptoms are exhausting us and the souls are leaving our body, yet you are still searching for the way to provide aid, like one who is looking for a needle in a haystack or like the armies of your predecessors in the year of 1948, who forced us to leave [Israel], on the pretext of clearing the battlefields of civilians...So what will your summit do now?"
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, March 19, 2001]Conclusion
It is clear from these statements that there is general acknowledgement among Palestinians that Arab leaders bear responsibility for the mass flight of Arabs from Israel in 1948, and were the cause of the "refugee" problem. Furthermore, the fact that this information has been validated by public figures and refugees in the Palestinian Authority media itself confirms that this responsibility is well-known - even though for propaganda purposes its leaders continue to blame Israel publicly for "the expulsion."
Posted by Robert at May 20, 2008 1:56 PM
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Islam is a religion that has to its core violence and war. War that has been declared upon all free peoples of the world 1400 years ago. It is the longest running war in the history of Humanity. It has lulled for a brief period but it has now shown its ugly head. This will continue no matter what the so called reasons are. No matter how many treaties and how many concessions are made. It will never be satisfied until it conquers the rest of humanity. When that happens it still will not be satisfied because it will continue to cause misery and pain and suffering in all the lands, as can be seen in the UMMAH. Those who are free in democratic countries, will loose all that is unique to them. All creativity and human dignity will be out the door. Human value will be like a door mat. So far, the communist have a hold on this religion to a degree.
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at May 20, 2008 2:22 PM
The only thing the Palestinian Arabs are VICTIMS Of ARE THEMSELVES,THE ARAB WORLD, and the ISLAMIC UMMA, for their OVER A CENTURY refusal to ACCEPT the EXISTENCE of ISRAEL, the ONLY LEGITIMATE OWNER of the HOLY LAND. The only INDEPENDENT SOVEREIGNTIES in the LAND OF ISRAEL, HISTORICALLY, are the Ancient KINGDOM(s) OF ISRAEL and the Modern STATE OF ISRAEL!!
Posted by: CHOI at May 20, 2008 2:23 PM
ConclusionIt is clear from these statements that there is general acknowledgement among Palestinians that Arab leaders bear responsibility for the mass flight of Arabs from Israel in 1948, and were the cause of the "refugee" problem. Furthermore, the fact that this information has been validated by public figures and refugees in the Palestinian Authority media itself confirms that this responsibility is well-known - even though for propaganda purposes its leaders continue to blame Israel publicly for "the expulsion."
When will the BBC carry this piece of news on the "refugee" problem for "Palestinian-Muslim Arabs" and their self inflicted 'expulsion'?
Posted by: Battle_of_Tours at May 20, 2008 2:40 PM
Palestinians admit they left their homes on their own to facilitate destruction of Israel
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It is heartening to hear this--it is always best to hear the truth acknowledged. And how often is the trumped up "nakba" used to further calumny Israel?
Do you notice, though, that none of the Palestinians interviewed seem to have any qualms about what they thought--in 1948--would be the imminent destruction of Israel.
They are only upset that they were "betrayed" by other Arabs who were insufficiently brutal in wiping out all the Jews.
Posted by: gravenimage
at May 20, 2008 2:49 PM
Pierre Rehov's video Hostages of Hatred explains how the Palestinian mindset was carefully orchestrated by the Arabs - victims of war . . .or victims of inbred hatred?
sets out to tell us the real story of those men, women and children, who have been shamefully used as mere pawns for over 50 years, by Arab leaders at first, by Palestinian leaders later on and until this very day but also by the United Nations' body that was specially created to supposedly take care of them : the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, UNWRA. - without being held accountable to anyone
and
What's most important in this film, however, is the extensive documentation of Palestinian population fraud. UNRWA, the United Nations Relief Workers Agency established solely for Arab Palestinian benefit following the Israeli war of Independence, has on record far more "refugees" than are actually living. That's because Palestinians for years hid the deaths of their elders, and continued to collect benefits in their names.Posted by: heroyalwhynessIn one town, one Palestinian reports, no deaths were recorded for 20 years.
Moreover, Rehov reports (and documents with actual records shown), every year, UNRWA collects and distributes exponentially more "aid" to Palestinian "refugees" who have had more than 50 years to build new lives but failed to do so, than the UN High Commission budget for tens of millions of refugees from all other parts of the world, combined. And one third of that enormous UNRWA budget comes from the U.S.
The only way to encourage an end to the never-ending "crisis," Rehov's documentary suggests, is to end the endless supply of gravy showered on Palestinians, to the detriment of far more, far needier refugees in the rest of the world.
Since World War II, hundreds of millions of refugees globally have been resettled away from their war torn homes. Only the Palestinian Arabs remain "displaced" after more than 50 years--largely because, through its "relief," the UN is effectively paying them to prolong their "suffering" and thereby prolong the conflict indefinitely. --Alyssa A. Lappen
at May 20, 2008 3:43 PM
When you vote in terrorists, to run your govt. You deserve NO AID from the West. Let other Muslims support them.
Posted by: Exposing Islam at May 20, 2008 3:49 PM
You don't understand. Let me explain.
/sarcasm alert on
It's because of the Joos existence that our leaders have to issue those orders to leave our houses so that they could work on wiping the Joos out. If the Joos did not exist our leaders wouldn't have to issue those orders. So you see, the Joos are to blame after all.
/sarcasm alert off
Posted by: 2pacshakur at May 20, 2008 4:17 PM
So can we please wash our hands of those poor Palestinians? They're nobody's problem.
Posted by: PMK at May 20, 2008 5:21 PM
Instead of building floating resorts and indoor ski slopes, why aren't the Arabs spending some of their vast oil wealth to support the paleostinians?
Jizya. . . .never mind.
Will we never learn?
Posted by: walterc at May 20, 2008 5:28 PM
More info re the Pallies:
http://www.masada2000.org/been-had.html
Posted by: Gramfan at May 20, 2008 7:30 PM
The Palis have tried lies and distortions for decades and it has not worked - it has not brought about the Right of Return. So they are trying a new tactic - telling the truth, and hope they can get the gullible in Israel to suupirt them ad get them into Israel.
at May 20, 2008 8:22 PM
The Arabs who now call themselves "Palestinians" were Islamo-Nazis led by Hitler's personal pal Haj Amin al-Husseini who attempted another Holocaust of the Jewish people and were defeated at that - that's all to it. At long last, there should be full glasnost about that attempted Holocaust, and the role played in it by the English, Croat Nazis, Bosnian Muslim Nazis, Kosovar Albanian Nazis and German Nazis.
Ruslan Tokhchukov, EnragedSince1999.
Posted by: Enragedsince1999 at May 20, 2008 8:44 PM
I have just finished reading "The Haj" by Leon Uris. I know that Uris researched his topics in detail. All of the above is there - and more!
A real eye opener! When will the rest of the world wake up?
Ms Pig - Australia
Posted by: PorkyPig at May 20, 2008 10:58 PM
I have just finished reading "The Haj" by Leon Uris. I know that Uris researched his topics in detail. All of the above is there - and more!
A real eye opener! When will the rest of the world wake up?
Ms Pig - Australia
Posted by: PorkyPig at May 20, 2008 10:59 PM
This is interesting.
However, in my (limited) experience, I have never come across any Palestinian who suggested that they were thrown out of Israel.
I happen to live in a town that hosts the huge "Conference on World Affairs" and I have attended many times.
I have attended sessions where Palestinians advocated their 'right of return' and such. But I have not, as yet, come across a Palestinian who has stated Israel threw his ancestors out.
Posted by: Tom at May 21, 2008 2:20 AM
Hi Robert,
When I click on the link, it doesn't take me directly to the bulletin but only the home page of PMW.
Could you please re-link it again?
Regards.
Posted by: S Perry at May 21, 2008 4:02 AM
The radical Muslims then as now continue to show they are racist, full of hate, greedy, and bloodthirsty. Nothing has changed in over 1350 years.
Posted by: pulsar182 at May 21, 2008 6:04 AM
I think the admission is meant to inspire the Muslims to fulfill their promise from 60 years ago.
Posted by: flowerknife_us at May 21, 2008 6:52 AM
Palestinians admit they left their homes on their own to facilitate destruction of Israel- a self inflicted tragedy, naqba.
The “Nakba”: The most lucrative extortion business opportunity for Arabs and Muslims
Arabs and muslims should mourn, not only one nakba, but nakabat (plural of nakba). . . .And the Nakba of all nakbas, is using their nakbas as their best business opportunity to extort the rest of the world, following the legacy of their role model, mohammad , by looting people and subduing them till they pay the Jeziah, to insure their bread and butter. Which they’ve been doing in the last 1400 years.
I can summarize this in just one sentence: for muslims, the mother of all their nakbas is simply being muslims, repeating their hallucination that of being, “The best people ever produced on the face of this Earth,” just because a thug, caravan robber, abductor and rapist of women told them so.
. . .read the rest at the link.
Posted by: heroyalwhyness at May 21, 2008 6:58 AM
GO TO -'TELLTHECHILDRENTHETRUTH.COM'-AND SEE HOW PIVOTAL A ROLE "THE MUFTI" 'AMIN AL-HUSSEINI' PLAYED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN ISLAMONAZISM ,THE NAZI HOLOCAUST, THE NAZI SS,THE "CAREERS OF ARAFAT, SADDAM HUSSEIN,AND THOSE OF COUNTLESS OTHER OTHER ARAB AND MUSLIM TERRORISTS AND DESPOTS; AL-HUSSEINI 'S ROLE IN THE CREATION OF THE "ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN", THE ARAB LEAGUE ,THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES SUCH AS AL-QUAEDA AND HAMAS ARE ALSO SHOWN.IN OTHER WORDS ,AMIN AL-HUSSEINI IS BOTH THE GODFATHER AND FATHER OF ISLAMOFASCISM AND INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, WHO KEPT THE JOINT ISLAMONAZI/NAZI AGENDA MOVING FORWARD!
Posted by: CHOI at May 21, 2008 7:26 PM
2pacshakur, it is you who dont understand.. At least the Jews brought much of the land that they occupied, oh werrn't you told that, well look up the records, however your leader Mohammad didnt, read..
Tabari VIII:129 “After the Messenger had finished with the Khaybar Jews, Allah cast terror into the hearts of the Jews in Fadak when they received news of what Allah had brought upon Khaybar. Fadak became the exclusive property of Allah’s Messenger.”
Qur’an 33:26 “Allah made the Jews leave their homes by terrorizing them so that you killed some and made many captive. And He made you inherit their lands, their homes, and their wealth. He gave you a country you had not traversed before.”
Qur’an 59:2 “It was Allah who drove the [Jewish] People of the Book from their homes and into exile. They refused to believe..
If you know your holy books you would know this yourself, check out the full verses for yourself, and while I am at it, here are a couple more..
Bukhari:V5B59N516 “When Allah’s Apostle fought or raided people we raised our voices saying, ‘Allahu-Akbar! Allahu-Akbar! None has the right to be worshipped but Allah.’”
Ishaq:285 “Then the Apostle went raiding in the month of Rabi u’l-Awwal making for the Quraysh. Then he raided the Quraysh by way of Dinar.”
Ishaq:286 “Meanwhile the Apostle sent Sa’d on the raid of Abu Waqqas. The Prophet only stayed a few nights in Medina before raiding Ushayra and then Kurz.”
Tabari VII:20/Ishaq:287 “Abd Allah told his Companions, ‘A fifth of the booty we have taken belongs to the Apostle.’ This was before Allah made surrendering a fifth of the booty taken a requirement.”
So what was the real reason for Mohammads many, many raids??? I think he fooled the people into believing that it was for their god, when in fact it was so as he could become rich from the booty that his fools of followers got for him..
VII:29/Ishaq:289 .........“Muhammad summoned the Muslims and said, ‘This is the Quraysh caravan containing their property. Go out and attack it. Perhaps Allah will give it to us as prey.”
at May 22, 2008 7:09 PM
Exposing Islam, they dont count the these animals as terrorists, to Muslims they are martyrs, and heros, it is only us who feel that they are terrorists.. here is a verse that shows you why...
Ishaq:325 “Muslims, fight in Allah’s Cause. Stand firm and you will prosper. Help the Prophet, obey him, give him your allegiance, and your religion will be victorious.”
Qur’an 8:39 “Fight them until all opposition ends and all submit to Allah.”
Qur’an 8:39 “So fight them until there is no more Fitnah (disbelief [non-Muslims]) and all submit to the religion of Allah alone (in the whole world).”
Ishaq:324 “He said, ‘Fight them so that there is no more rebellion, and religion, all of it, is for Allah only. Allah must have no rivals.’”
Ishaq:204 “‘Men, do you know what you are pledging yourselves to in swearing allegiance to this man?’ ‘Yes. In swearing allegiance to him we are pledging to wage war against all mankind.’”
Ishaq:471 “We are steadfast trusting Him. We have a Prophet by whom we will conquer all men.”
Qur’an 4:77 “Lord, why have You ordained fighting for us, why have You made war compulsory?”
Qur’an 9:111 “Allah has purchased the believers, their lives and their goods. For them (in return) is the Garden (of Paradise). They fight in Allah’s Cause, and they slay and are slain; they kill and are killed.”
Bukhari:V4B52N196 “Allah’s Apostle said, ‘I have been ordered to fight with the people till they say, “None has the right to be worshipped but Allah.”’”
Bukhari: V5B59N377 “A man came to the Prophet and said, ‘Can you tell me where I will go if I get martyred?’ The Prophet replied, ‘To Paradise.’ The man fought till he was martyred.”
at May 22, 2008 7:25 PM
Exposing Islam, they dont count the these animals as terrorists, to Muslims they are martyrs, and heros, it is only us who feel that they are terrorists.. here is a verse that shows you why...
Ishaq:325 “Muslims, fight in Allah’s Cause. Stand firm and you will prosper. Help the Prophet, obey him, give him your allegiance, and your religion will be victorious.”
Qur’an 8:39 “Fight them until all opposition ends and all submit to Allah.”
Qur’an 8:39 “So fight them until there is no more Fitnah (disbelief [non-Muslims]) and all submit to the religion of Allah alone (in the whole world).”
Ishaq:324 “He said, ‘Fight them so that there is no more rebellion, and religion, all of it, is for Allah only. Allah must have no rivals.’”
Ishaq:204 “‘Men, do you know what you are pledging yourselves to in swearing allegiance to this man?’ ‘Yes. In swearing allegiance to him we are pledging to wage war against all mankind.’”
Ishaq:471 “We are steadfast trusting Him. We have a Prophet by whom we will conquer all men.”
Qur’an 4:77 “Lord, why have You ordained fighting for us, why have You made war compulsory?”
Qur’an 9:111 “Allah has purchased the believers, their lives and their goods. For them (in return) is the Garden (of Paradise). They fight in Allah’s Cause, and they slay and are slain; they kill and are killed.”
Bukhari:V4B52N196 “Allah’s Apostle said, ‘I have been ordered to fight with the people till they say, “None has the right to be worshipped but Allah.”’”
Bukhari: V5B59N377 “A man came to the Prophet and said, ‘Can you tell me where I will go if I get martyred?’ The Prophet replied, ‘To Paradise.’ The man fought till he was martyred.”
at May 22, 2008 7:27 PM
In their eyes, they are not radical, they are just doing what their god/prophet said to do, and those who kill infidels are the good muslims..
Tabari VII:55 “Allah’s Messenger went out to his men and incited them to fight. He promised, ‘Every man may keep all the booty he takes.’ Then Muhammad said, ‘By Allah, if any man fights today and is killed fighting aggressively, going forward and not retreating, Allah will cause him to enter Paradise.’
Qur’an 3:169 “Think not of those who are slain in Allah’s Cause as dead. Nay, they live, finding their provision from their Lord. Jubilant in the bounty provided by Allah: and with regard to those left behind, who have not yet joined them (in their bliss), the Martyrs glory in the fact that on them is no fear, nor have they cause to grieve. Allah will not waste the reward of the believers.”
Imagine, virgins galore (male or female what every your desire) and allah looking after your every need, all away from the filth, sand, smells etc of earth..
Posted by: Gaye at May 22, 2008 7:31 PM
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