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Politics : To be a Liberal,you have to believe that.....

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To: Neocon who wrote (3463)9/22/1999 7:41:00 PM
From: Thomas M.  Read Replies (1) of 6418
 
Israeli expansion has always been a result of defensive measures

Hardly. Israel initiated expansion activities immediately, culminating in the 1948 war. The result was the destruction of 385 of the original 475 Palestinian villages in the land grabbed by Israel in the 1948 war. The U.N. drew up Israeli borders covering 5900 square miles, but after the 1948 war the area was 8000 square miles. After the 1967 war it was 20700 square miles!

terrorism of the Irgun was directed toward military targets representing British interests

Not at all. Menachem Begin's Irgun and Yitzhak Shamir's Stern Gang made "bestial attacks on Arab villages, with not the slightest discrimination for women and children". Jewish leader Ben-Gurion himself wrote that there were "scarcely any Arab attacks on the Jewish settlements."

Tom
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