31. # 10 & # 21:
M. Davison , |
Ra'anana, Israel |
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(05.04.13) |
Please explain why the Beirut Institute for Palestinian Studies came up with the result that "68% of the Palestinians fled their homes without ever hearing a shot fired or seeing a Jewish soldier"?
Were there expulsions? Yes, but they were less than one-third of the refugee total, if the Beirut Institute is to be believed. That gives credence to the claim that most left under their own power. So do many talk shows appearing on the official PA TV channel, like this one:
An Arab viewer called Palestinian Authority TV and quoted his father and grandfather, complaining that in 1948 the Arab District Officer ordered all Arabs to leave Palestine or be labeled traitors. In response, Arab MK Ibrahim Sarsur, then Head of the Islamic Movement in Israel, cursed the leaders who ordered Arabs to leave, thus, acknowledging Israel’s assertion.
Statement of son and grandson of man who fled:
“Mr. Ibrahim [Sarsur], I address you as a Muslim. My father and grandfather told me that during the ‘Catastrophe’ [establishment of Israel in 1948 and the expulsion from the land], our district officer issued an order that whoever stays in Palestine and in Majdel [near Ashkelon – Southern Israel] is a traitor, he is a traitor.”
Response from Ibrahim Sarsur, Head of the Islamic Movement in Israel:
“"The one who gave the order forbidding them to stay there bears guilt for this, in this life and the Afterlife throughout history until Resurrection Day.”
[PA TV April 30, 1999]
Now tell me again how the Arabs in Palestine were all expelled by "the Jews". Unfortunately for you, the opposite is true.
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