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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (1719)	3/24/2002 3:50:33 PM
From: E. T.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32591

It's like me to consider the opposing view and I suppose it is correct to say that I'm not reading mainstream material. But about Finkelstien, his argument slamming Joan Peters (wideley accepted) interpretation of the history leading up to and beyond 48 - 49, gets wide support and Peters has been criticized elsehwhere by Jewish scholars and then by something I just read by Christopher Hitchens. There are two histories here, I've read a quote from Ben Gurion where he say unequivoally that there were no forced removal of Arabs, but I've heard too many eye witness accounts to the contrary, to believe his firm assertion. Also you say 200,000 Arabs exited the region, Hitchen quoting IDF sources says about 391,000. So recommend two books on 48 - 49, that you say gives an accurate portrayal of history and I will read them.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (1719)	4/12/2002 12:48:17 PM
From: Thomas M.	Respond to of 32591

The Jews are also indigenous to Israel Ah, yes, but you intentionally leave out the crucial detail. The indigenous Jews of Palestine had a peaceful relationship with the Palestinian Arabs. It was the European Zionists who disturbed the balance with their Nazi-like notions of ethnic purity. Most importantly, these indigenous Jews were anti-Zionist, and later supported the PLO in its call for secular democracy in all of Palestine (what you like to call "the destruction of Israel"). Tom