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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (3340)	9/10/2001 6:23:34 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23908

The British recorded the orders of the Arab High Council and the radio broadcasts of the Mufti of Jerusalem, who said, leave while we drive the Jews into the sea. This is a blatant lie. <<< "The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) monitored all Middle Eastern broadcasts throughout 1948. The records, and companion ones by a United States monitoring unit, can be seen at the British Museum. There was not a single order or appeal, or suggestion about evacuation from Palestine, from any Arab radio station, inside or outside Palestine, in 1948. There is a repeated monitored record of Arab appeals, even flat orders, to the civilians of Palestine to stay put." Erskine Childers, British researcher, quoted in Sami Hadawi, "Bitter Harvest." >>> The quotes on Zionists' desire to drive out the Palestinians were indeed "carefully crafted" - by the Zionists who uttered them and then acted on them. Tom

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (3340)	9/10/2001 6:48:51 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23908

nimn.org <<< Myth: The Palestinian Arabs fled their homes in response to Arab broadcasts urging them to "clear the field" for the invading armies. In fact, "there is no evidence" to support this claim. The statements "quoted" by Israeli and Zionist sources are "now seen to be largely fabricated." The actual documentary record rather testifies to the "considerable efforts" of the Palestinian Arab leadership and the Arab states "to constrain the flight." Indeed, "from the point of view of military logistics," the conventional view "makes no sense at all. The Arab armies, coming long distances and operating in or from the Arab areas of Palestine, needed the help of the local population for food, fuel, water, transport, manpower, and information." So, why did the Arab indigenes abandon Palestine? Primarily because of a calculated (if unofficial) Zionist effort "to reduce the number of Arabs in the Jewish state to a minimum, and to make use of most of their lands, property, and habitats to absorb the masses of Jewish immigrants." No "direct orders" for expulsion were issued, but "the goal and spirit of real policy were understood and accepted by the army." Hence, Ben-Gurion's remark in May of 1948 that he was "not surprised" by the "flight of the Arabs." Latter in the same year, he stated flatly that, "I am for compulsory transfer, I don't see anything immoral in it." >>> A statement "carefully crafted" to raise the Jewish colonists into a state of Zionist frenzy: <<< In 1937, when partition was first officially raised (by the British), David Ben-Gurion stated flatly what it was only "the beginning of full redemption and the most powerful lever the gradual conquest of all Palestine." >>>