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To: SilentZ who wrote (146109)	4/24/2002 1:39:07 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) of 1576772

>Really? How many would that be? From what I have read, they were a very small minority of the population.......somewhere around 50k and that was after approx. 35k emigrated to Israel/Palestine between 1882 and 1904. How many Arabs do you think were there before the mid-1800s? Not that many. More than 300k. >This is ridiculous. Are you saying that the Zionists did not buy any land at all when they got to Palestine? You talk about plenty of land....in the north its hilly/mountainous and in the south, its desert. Israel/Palestine was not the size of TX but rather N. Jersey. Where is all this arable land you talk about? And why would the Zionists not want to buy any? They bought land. With money. They didn't forcibly kick Arabs off of the land. That's my point. Frankly, I can remember the point of this issue......I'll have to go back and read the old posts. >Actually I tried to take the median of three numbers.......I have had to read three different versions of the history to try and figure out what really went on there since everyone seems to have their own very unique account of the events. From what I understand, when hostilities broke out, some Arabs/Palestinians fled to neighboring cities like Cairo or Damascus. They returned after the Palestinian uprising was quelled. Which uprising? The one in the early '20s? mid 1930's. >Yes, back in 1917 they said that the Jews would get a portion of Palestine. However, by WWII they had also promised the Arabs some land as well. But the whole deal did not get finalized until 1947 after the Brits turned over what had become a hornets nest [thanks to them] to the UN for resolution. And the Arabs were to be given most of it. They refused it, because they weren't given all of it. No where have I read that.......I am not saying its not true but most accounts say that hostilities increased until 1948 when war broke out. >And was there no Mapai Council as well? Its my understanding that this council which later formed the basis for Ben Gurion's political party discussed the Arab population. Many believed that a transfer out of what was to become Israel was the only way to handle the problem. Is that revisionist history as well? They believed such because it seemed that the Arab population wouldn't live peacefully with the Jews. Of course, it never came to that because of the War in '48. >So there was no Arab transfer policy but many Arabs were not allowed to come back simply because they fled the war, or were expelled because they were belligerent. That seems fair.....thanks for clearing that one up. Correct. Can you understand at all that the Palestinians might not see that outcome as fair? ted

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