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Re: The skinny on Jenin, the European Press
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Tue, 28 May 2002 16:55:29 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dan Boger writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> > > This is the part that messes me up, though; aren't there quite a few
> > > people now living in that region who were personally subject to relocation?
> > > If so, then they would seem to have a legitimate grievance.
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> > only relocation by their own choice - AFAIK, Israel never forced anyone to
> > leave their houses in '48 (or '67), the people who left did so from their
> > own free will.
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> You're wrong. Read around the subject a little more. As the Israeli forces
> advanced they destroyed whole villages in their path. Israel was able to
> clear 80% of Palestinians from the area (~700,000 individuals).
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> > Fearing Israel will do to them what the Arab countries would
> > have done to the Jews if the situation was reversed. So the only legitimate
> > grievance, as far as I can see, is "I abandoned my home 40 years ago, you
> > lived there, developed it, and now I want it back".
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> Well, I think they wanted to go back a lot sooner than 40 years after the
> event. The plight of the refugees was central to Israel’s armistice talks
> with Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan & Syria in 1949.
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> Anyhow, where I live one cannot just assume ownership of apparently
> abandoned property.
<blink blink> Really? The Scots and the English have been assuming
ownership of each others abandoned property for centuries, I thought.
They've even occaisionally arranged for a little spontanious abandonment.
James
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| (...) Indeed, Scotland has "refugees" in much of commonwealth (e.g. Canada and NZ). But that's all in the past; we are one big happy nation now. I'm even looking forward to viewing England's progress in the World Cup. I have enjoyed their last two (...) (24 years ago, 28-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) You're wrong. Read around the subject a little more. As the Israeli forces advanced they destroyed whole villages in their path. Israel was able to clear 80% of Palestinians from the area (~700,000 individuals). (...) Well, I think they wanted (...) (24 years ago, 28-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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