Opinion  Ben-Dror Yemini
The Palestinians' self-made Nakba
Ben-Dror Yemini
Published: 16.05.18, 23:34
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1. What Expulsion
Dahlia ,   USA   (05.17.18)
Who wrote this uninformed nonsense?? Small amount of Arabs who were an obstacle to the fighting Jewish forces were forcefully removed.
The VAST majority left of their own will and with the blessing of the Arabs countries.
Nakba is nothing more than a failure to annihilate the newborn Jewish State.
And shame on Y net for publishing falsehoods.
2. Spot on analysis
DOV ,   USA   (05.17.18)
3. The Ordinary Palestinians Are Paying the Price,
r67   (05.17.18)
because, they were weaponized in all periods:
1. The III. Reich used them against the British Empire
2. The Stalinist, Brezhnev, Andropov, Putin clique poisoned them with antisemitism
3. The old Saudi charitable organizations fed them with wahabism

This generation of Palestinians are still infected with the virus of antisemitism. Detox is the way to end the diesease.
4. the evil manipulator
steve ,   beer sheva   (05.17.18)
Erdogan the President of Turkey is the evil manipulator in this episode. A man filled with a consummate hatred of the Jews and only accepts them if they recognize their second class status. His loathing of Israel has nothing to do with compassion for Arabs but only a deep shame that Jews are triumphant over Muslims. For him this a religious war as it is a religious war against the Christians in Europe as he destablises Europe to with the Muslim migrants
This man is the Muslim Hitler. If he is not taken out soon the world will most definitely regret it.
5. Baby mystery
samuel tayar ,   montreal   (05.17.18)
'While the free world is ‘condemning both sides,’ the Palestinians are paying the price'

How, where & when did this tiny baby die?
6. The same way the Jews are identified with the holocauste...
me   (05.17.18)
7. the ultimate idjits of the ME
Cameron   (05.17.18)
The crew that just could not pull it together.
8. I don't care what you think, as long as you don't call Arabs
(05.17.18)
occupying parts of Land of Israel "Palestinians".
It is simply intellectually & factually incorrect.
Nothing is easier to prove scientifically than existence of a particular culture/civilization/peoples.
In this case it is inapplicable.
9. Blame the messenger
Balian ,   Jerusalem   (05.17.18)
I read a few lines and then gave up. Its always the Palestinians who are wrong.
ya ya ya ya. Some better journalism please
10. If Jews have right to return home, so do the Pals
Khalid Amayreh ,   Occupied Jerusalem   (05.17.18)
11. Yemenis back to Yemen, Pals back to Palestine!
Khalid Amayreh ,   Occupied Jerusalem   (05.17.18)
12. KING FAROUK OF EGYPT 1948
LARRY LISS   (05.17.18)
ORDERED ALL ARABS OUT OF ISRAEL IN ADVANCE OF THE 9 ARAB ARMYS THAT HE THOUGHT WOULD DRIVE THE HELPLESS JEW FRESH FROM THE DEATH CAMPS TO THE SEA
ISRAEL WON ARABS WERE HUMILIATED AND NEVER TAUGHT THERE CHILDREN THE TRUTH.
1967 ARABS LOST
1973 ARABS LOST AND JORDEN AND EGYPT MADE PEACE WITH ISRAEL HISTORY CAN NOT BE REWRITTEN
13. Right of return
Growl   (05.17.18)
"The free world should make it clear to the Palestinians: Peace, welfare and prosperity will arrive when you stop dreaming about ruin, destruction and return."

So, although Jews were allowed (encouraged!) to dream about return ("next year in Jerusalem") for hundreds of years, it's not acceptable for Palestinians to dream about return even though the right of return for refugees is codified in international law.

All good for the Jews, but nothing for anyone else, cause you're special, the "Chosen".

Such hypocrites.
14. its the Martians to be blamed
Rimon   (05.17.18)
Wow you mean the Martians to be blamed for the Nakba ?. or wait a minute you must be living on Mars. get real
15. Jews are human NOT perfect;
observerms ,   Tivon, Israel   (05.17.18)
Israel is the product of 2,000 years of Jewish Exile. The history of the Jews
in the World, like many humans, is not pure and perfect.
Because of the unique history of the Wandering Jew ( OR as some claim, because of Judaism ) the Jews have not "fallen down" as LOW as many, ...very many, of the non-Jews ( the goyim).

observerms
16. The Arab countries built the refugee myth
Shachar ,   Eilat   (05.17.18)
as a weapon to use against Israel. Most of the "Palestinians" had been in Mandate Palestine and the Ottoman Palestine less than 2 generations. They were Egyptians, Jordanians, Syrians, Lebanese and even Iraqis who had moved here to work land owned by the Ottomans. When they fled Israel in 1948-9 their former countries refused to accept them back, forcing them into refugee camps so they could get UN money. They didn't become Palestinians until the late 50's early 60's. The myth of their refugeeism will only stop when Israel kicks UNRWA out and pulls down the refugee camps. They need to make a living like everyone else in the world and stop living on handouts.
17. Such a hypocritical article
befare ,   Sweden   (05.17.18)
Shouldn't surprise anyone. The writer is the author of the book "The Industri of Lies".
18. Pals identify with Nakba as Jews with the Holocaust
Khalid Amayreh ,   Occupied Jerusalem   (05.17.18)
19. PALS INCURRED NAKBA AS JEWS INCURRED THE hOLOCAUST
Khalid Amayreh ,   Occupied Jerusalem   (05.17.18)
20. gaza
victor ,   gaza   (05.17.18)
The pali, honour the nakba as being for granted.

So does the media and the international political scene.

Thereal problem with the muslim invaders all over the world, is that they believe that they are the natives , and not the invaders.

They use all kind of ways to achief their goal: they use

*THE DEMOGRAFIC GROWTH AS THEIR LETHAL WEAPON.

GAZA : FROM 200.000 MUSLIMS ....TO 2.000.000 MUSLIMS



21. Those young Palestinians are useful idiots, brain washed.
Ex Oleh Chadash   (05.17.18)
They should take some vocational course, find a job, take care of their lifes. Stop hatting others. I understand they live in a distressed place full of corruption ; Hamas get a lot of money, but they don't use this money to develop their country, help their people. They are hatters. This is a bad ideology.
When I was an oleh chadash, I soon realized there wasn't anything like "my land", nor "my people's homeland". All these are big lies. I have nothing in Israel. No home there. It's expensive. I had to pay a lot, I lost my money. How about "my people's homeland?" lies, lies, lies... The same to you, Palestinians. Take care of your lifes. Don't believe what politicians, bad leaders say. They want to use you for their purposes.

"Don't die for any cause, you may be wrong". - Plato.
22. Expulsion
Tarud   (05.23.18)
Do you actual believe that the "Palestine’s Arabs went through an expulsion" in 1948?
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