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In reply to the discussion: Israel Demolishes Homes Of 3 Palestinian Attackers [View all]cpwm17
(3,829 posts)88. 1967 was a "preemptive war" by Israel.
Starting before Israel's creation, in 1947, the pre-Israel Zionists expelled a large percentage of the Palestinians to create a Jewish majority state (the Palestinian Nakba). The fascists blame the neighboring Arab nations for starting the war in 1948. Their physics sucks, 1947 comes before 1948. Time goes forward.
The fighting with the neighboring Arab nations took place in what was supposed to remain Palestinian (according to the illegal UN resolution pushed through by Western Nations. The UN had no right to violate the Palestinians' right to self-determination). The neighboring Arab nations got involved after there was a huge influx of Palestinian refugees to their nations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakba_Day
During the 1948 Palestine War, an estimated 700,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled, and hundreds of Palestinian towns and villages were depopulated and destroyed
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Arab_towns_and_villages_depopulated_during_the_1948_Palestinian_exodus
Around 400 Arab towns and villages were depopulated during the 1948 Palestinian exodus. Some places were entirely destroyed and left uninhabitable;[1][2] others were left with a few hundred residents and were repopulated by Jewish immigrants, then renamed.
Those areas that became a part of Israel and had at least a partial Arab population consisted of approximately 100 villages and two towns. Arabs remained in small numbers in some of the cities (Haifa, Jaffa and Acre); and Jerusalem was divided between Jordan and Israel. Around 30,000 Palestinians remained in Jerusalem in what became the Arab part of it (East Jerusalem). In addition, some 30,000 non-Jewish refugees relocated to East Jerusalem, while 5,000 Jewish refugees moved from the Old City to West Jerusalem on the Israeli side. An overwhelming number of the Arab residents, and other non-Jews such as Greeks and Armenians, who had lived in the cities that became a part of Israel and were renamed (Acre, Haifa, Safad, Tiberias, Ashkelon, Beersheba, Jaffa and Beisan) fled or were expelled. Most of the Palestinians who remain there are internally displaced people from the villages nearby.
Those areas that became a part of Israel and had at least a partial Arab population consisted of approximately 100 villages and two towns. Arabs remained in small numbers in some of the cities (Haifa, Jaffa and Acre); and Jerusalem was divided between Jordan and Israel. Around 30,000 Palestinians remained in Jerusalem in what became the Arab part of it (East Jerusalem). In addition, some 30,000 non-Jewish refugees relocated to East Jerusalem, while 5,000 Jewish refugees moved from the Old City to West Jerusalem on the Israeli side. An overwhelming number of the Arab residents, and other non-Jews such as Greeks and Armenians, who had lived in the cities that became a part of Israel and were renamed (Acre, Haifa, Safad, Tiberias, Ashkelon, Beersheba, Jaffa and Beisan) fled or were expelled. Most of the Palestinians who remain there are internally displaced people from the villages nearby.
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punishing families for crimes of one member of the family - straight out of Colony.
hollysmom
Apr 2016
#4
If there's evidence that the family members colluded - then put them on trial
LeftishBrit
Apr 2016
#54
Absolutely; collective punishment occurs on both sides, and is wrong on both sides!
LeftishBrit
Apr 2016
#55
"they'll think twice when they realize their families will be (punished with no charges, no trial...
duhneece
Apr 2016
#78
How dare you ask someone who's opinions are far more in sync with Democratic Party principle than
King_David
Apr 2016
#113
Your sentiment accurately illustrates precisely why there is no solution available.
LanternWaste
Apr 2016
#33
Except the Palestinians and the neighboring Arab nations weren't the aggressors in Israel's wars
cpwm17
Apr 2016
#77
Using the word Zionist as has been done in this thread , should garner a quick ban on DU too....
King_David
Apr 2016
#93