...so expect the usual rants from the usual posters, most of whom will parrot the defensive narratives this article talks about.

Being no supporter of the left - certainly as it (like the right) moves more and more towards more extreme ideas - the problem with the usual gang of very right leaning readers who get some sort of perverse kick from insisting on perusing a publication they hate - is their inability to understand what Yaron London is saying.

Yes, he is left leaning, and not everything he says is carved in stone, but he is right when he points out that the version of events leading up to, and after, the declaration for independence were whitewashed in the sense that there were - definitely - injustices carried out of which Jews should not be proud.

There were evacuations of towns,expulsions and killings which were not justified, even though by then there was enough bitterness from how the Jews were treated by the Arabs, and, men being men, the result was a payback by certain groups. What Yaron is saying is that it shouldn't have been lied about when writing the history books and teaching generations of Israelis that the entire blame for today's "Palestinianism" falls on them. Some of the hatred is justified. That does not mean that terrorism and the Palestinian changing of history is right; it simply means that there were also Arab victims with a claim against the way they were treated in 1948; not all, but certainly a significant number.

That is the difficulty he speaks of here (his political leanings themselves shouldn't come into it). The narrative passed on - especially to the Jews in the Galut provided a very one-sided account of events. It wasn't that these were all wrong, but some of the facts were carefully omitted in order to strengthen their claim to their homeland, which is acceptable and necessary, but not at the expense of lying and evasion of wrongdoing that did occur

Of course we can claim that the damage to Jews throughout has been extensive, but what angers many of the Arab/Palestinian people who were also victims. That also doesn't justify the murder of innocent Jews, but it helps to understand their resentment. Nobody can turn the clock back, but we can - and should - correct some of our narrative with the appropriate remorse. Two wrongs don't make a right.

subjected every day to fighting like in Syria

fearful every day.

life under the democratically elected, patriotic, sane, rightists government led by the brilliant Mr. Netanyahu! Must be a nightmare waking up every morning. All that's left for him & his ilk is writing some obscene article or/and telling lies in front of cameras at the willing TV stations-collaborators.

Yes - we committed the crime of winning independence in 1948.

for his article. As the day of atonement draws near, he will soon be able to pray for forgiveness due to vilifying his nation, and siding with the narrative of its adversaries.

Self-flagellation may be an effective therapy for an illness, but it should not be done at the expense of others.

like it happened to Jews in Warsaw?

ugly sins against the Jews (Polish citizens) and the consequences of war for life and death London has just informed us he's been sucking on his brain a lot lately. Israeli left - walking, breathing obscenity.