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On May 14, 1948 Prime Minister Of Israel David Ben Gurion rose before the Jewish People’s Council to declare the establishment of the State of Israel. Listen here
Are We Ignoring a Major Source of Antisemitism?
Matthew Hausman, published an article in Israel National News (online) in November 2013, which well describes what we are seeing today, so why is antisemitism being ignored? Titled, “All Hatreds are Evil, But One is More Evil than Others,” Hausman points out “The alarming incidence of violence against Jews in Europe, of hate-speech on college campuses across North America, and of “death to Israel” chants from around the Islamic world shows that anti-Semitism is flourishing in the twenty-first century. Often called the “Oldest Hatred,” anti-Semitism (sic) is perhaps the only prejudice that is acceptable in polite company.”
“It is enabled by a United Nations that heaps scorn on Israel for imagined offenses while ignoring real human rights abuses that occur throughout the Arab world, including the slaughter of non-Muslims in Africa, the persecution of Copts in Egypt, and the waging of jihad against Christians in the Mideast. It is also fostered by progressives who belittle Israel’s right to exist, politicians who seek rapprochement with Islamist regimes, and journalists who employ historical revisionism to blame victims instead of perpetrators.”
Read the full article.
Matthew M. Hausman is a trial attorney and writer who lives and works in Connecticut. A former journalist, Mr. Hausman continues to write on a variety of topics, including science, health and medicine, Jewish issues, and foreign affairs, and has been a legal affairs columnist for a number of publications.
Twitter Knows
Here are few recent tweets to help one understand the ‘misery’ of the Nabka that the Palestinian Arabs claim they experienced.
Gary Katz tells us that, “‘Nakba’ was coined by Constantin Zureiq, a Lebanese professor of history at American University in Beirut, in ’48. He used it in the context of Arabs bringing disaster upon THEMSELVES, by starting a war with Israel. It’s been misused to malign Israel, ever since.”
One Twitter respondent, Tesla Doc, noted:
Not exactly. The disaster wasn’t STARTING a war— that was worthy of praise and pride. The disaster was LOSING the war—failing to annihilate an opponent they deemed not even worthy of fighting: the Jews. Today, it’s been whitewashed to make them seem the victims. Detail here:
Islamo-supremacism remains prevalent, even amongst the defeated “Palestinian” population & other Arabs, evidenced by their squawking at having to submit to checkpoints manned by formerly dhimmi Jews. Or their objections to Jews visiting the Temple Mount, as if that harms them somehow.
Read about a new plan to arm Arabs that could lead to more tragedies for Israel: Rewarding Terrorism, the Latest Anti-Israel US Plan- A Cruel Idea
The Imam of Peace Has a Message, Especially for Muslims
What was the Real Nakba? Ask the Elder of Ziyon
Since Israel won the War of Independence, initiated by 5 Arab Armies, wishing to destroy the fledgling country and kill its Jewish inhabitants, prevent Jewish immigration, and conquer the territory which collectively they did not own, had not developed and largely ignored until Jews started to arrive post WWII. Much has been exaggerated and mis-stated by Arab leaders, particularly the Palestinian Arab leaders, and today it is unfortunately, contaminated history and propagating lies, especially among pro-Palestinian NGOs, and apologists, left wing organizations, and lazy journalists. Consider some facts, presented below in an article by the Elder of Ziyon on May 10th. We highly recommend his blog.
There were 65,000 Arabs in Haifa before the Battle for Haifa in 1948. After the Haganah won, the Arab leaders fled and the remainder were pressured to leave by the Arab Higher Committee.
It wasn’t the Jews who forced them out. In fact, the Jews pleaded with the Arabs to stay in Haifa. Nearly all of the Arabs left anyway, leaving no infrastructure for those who remained. The flight was during Passover, but the Haifa rabbinical leaders gave permission for Jews to bake bread for the Arabs since they had no bakeries left of their own. (If you know Jewish law and how strict it is against owning any leavened products on Passover, let alone baking them in your own shop, this is an incredible and unprecedented dispensation.)
Only 4,000 Arabs remained in Haifa after the breakdown of their community. Read the full article. |
