Radical Israeli in u-turn on Palestinians

The radical Israeli historian who did more than any other to force his country to face up to its responsibility for the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the 1948 war now believes the Middle East might be at peace if David Ben-Gurion had expelled all the Palestinians.

In an about-turn that will horrify his former Iiberal allies, Benny Morris argues in the Guardian that "perhaps, had [Ben-Gurion] gone the whole hog, today's Middle East would be a healthier, less violent place, with a Jewish state between Jordan and the Mediterranean and a Palestinian Arab state in Transjordan". He adds: "Perhaps it was the very indecisiveness of the geographic and demographic outcome of 1948 that underlies the persisting tragedy of Palestine." [read more]

This, and Benny's article below, make it clear that Zionism has always argued for the destruction and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians. I don't see how the Jews can say that Hitler's ethnic cleansing of the Jews was an abomination while the Jew's ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians would make for a better world. There is no difference. Both are unacceptable.

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A new exodus for the Middle East?
Rightwing Israelis are talking about 'transfer' - the expulsion of all Arabs. Shocking as it sounds, the idea once had support from British and Arab officials, reveals distinguished Israeli historian Benny Morris. And, continuing our series on the Arab-Israeli conflict, he argues the Middle East might now be at peace if Israel's first leader had driven out all the Palestinians in 1948 [read more]

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Israeli Court Sentences Jewish Terrorist to 'Symbolic" Six-Month House Arrest

An Israeli court on Thursday sentenced a prominent Jewish terrorist to merely a six-month house arrest.

The terrorist, Noam Fiderman, was found guilty on several charges, including possessing and providing bombs to other terrorists, conspiring to place bombs in Arab schools in East Jerusalem, throwing steel balls on Arab pedestrians in Hebron, causing severe injuries, vandalizing Arab property, and planning to burn down Arab businesses near the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron. (...)

Earlier this month, the former Israeli attorney –General Michale Ben-Yaer admitted that Israel was adopting the system of apartheid in the occupied Palestinian territories. [read more]

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Palestinian Indicts Israel at Trial

Marwan Barghouti, a prominent leader of the Palestinian uprising, distributed his own 54-count "indictment" of Israel during his murder trial in an Israeli court Thursday, as scuffles erupted between Palestinian spectators and families of Israeli victims. [read more]