They were seen as a potential fifth column threat, no doubt ... remember that zionists have always purported to speak for jews in general, they still do it, any criticism of Israel and you're instantly labelled 'anti-semitic' ... mike, you just did it to me back a few posts, it's not hard to imagine 1950 baghdadians being more aware of the lumping than the complexities of splitting ... remember too, that no one knew what limits zionists had on their territorial ambitions, Jabotinsky wanted all of Transjordan as well, and that's getting pretty close to Baghdad ... even today, if you ever hear of a clear definite limit on their expansionist plans, let us know
You're wrong to imply that i said there was logic in that eviction, i did not ... to the contrary, it was poor strategy for the arab imho, and the ideal [and unreachable of course] final peace plan for the area would include property claims for the non-zionist evicted of arab land, along with abject formal apologies .... this following the property claims and abject apologies from the zionists, of course, and the conversion of the Excludostaat into a rational structure for human beings |
