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In reply to the discussion: Thank you, Russian immigrant to Israel, for Nakba Day (Bradley Burston) [View all]azurnoir
(45,850 posts)35. and the first quote by Ben-Gurion was rather a non-sequator
Under no circumstances must we touch land belonging to fellahs or worked by them. Only if a fellah leaves his place of settlement, should we offer to buy his land, at an appropriate price.
the fellahin class did not own land that's why they were fellahin
The rural people of the Middle East
Fellahin was the term used throughout the Middle East in the Ottoman period and later to refer to villagers and farmers.[1] Nur Masalha translates it as "peasants".[2] They were distinguished from the effendi, or, landowning class,[3] although the fellahin in this region might be tenant farmers, smallholders, or live in a village that owned the land communally.[4][5] Others applied the term fellahin only to landless workers.[6] The term fallahin applied to Christian, Druze and Muslim villagers.[7] The term fallah was applied to people from several regions in the Middle East, including those of Egypt and Cyprus.
Fellahin was the term used throughout the Middle East in the Ottoman period and later to refer to villagers and farmers.[1] Nur Masalha translates it as "peasants".[2] They were distinguished from the effendi, or, landowning class,[3] although the fellahin in this region might be tenant farmers, smallholders, or live in a village that owned the land communally.[4][5] Others applied the term fellahin only to landless workers.[6] The term fallahin applied to Christian, Druze and Muslim villagers.[7] The term fallah was applied to people from several regions in the Middle East, including those of Egypt and Cyprus.
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Thank you, Russian immigrant to Israel, for Nakba Day (Bradley Burston) [View all]
Violet_Crumble
May 2012
OP
Thanks. I must have been trying to read one that was part of their premium content...
Violet_Crumble
May 2012
#2
As usual, yr wrong. The Nakba was the dispossession of around 700,000 Palestinians...
Violet_Crumble
May 2012
#6
I'll have to rememberthis the n ext time you attempt to delegitimize wiki however
azurnoir
May 2012
#27
Is there something you didn't understand about the information I gave you?
Violet_Crumble
May 2012
#17
If they had been allowed to return, without retribution, after the war was over
Ken Burch
May 2012
#13
Yes, and the first was a civil war. And you cannot understand why Israel was reluctant...
shira
May 2012
#41