Community | May 14, 2011 | 6 comments

Israel, the legacy of 1948 and the Palestinian Nakba

source: http://Examiner.com

Aimee_Kligman
This month, Israel celebrated its 63rd year of existence as a Jewish state. Interestingly, not everyone is in agreement as to how this state came into being. But there is only one set of facts which cannot be disputed. When a land is carved out from within another land to accommodate a new group of people, the ones who were organic to the original parcel of land must be displaced. As you will hear in the accompanying video, some Palestinians still hold the keys to the houses of their forefathers which are now Israeli property.

For this reason, the Palestinians have dubbed Israel's Independence Day their 'nakba' or catastrophe. Not all Israelis are insensitive to this displacement and the discrimination that has ensued since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. During the celebration, one man has the courage to post a sign in German which explains the new Israel anti-Nakba law which was just passed by the Knesset. It simply states that it is illegal to honor or mourn the Nakba during Israel's day of independence. What is noteworthy in the video is the fact that we do see that Zionism and Judaism are not interchangeable.

But why is the 2011 Nakba different than other Nakbas?

Continue reading on Examiner.com: Israel, the legacy of 1948 and the Palestinian Nakba - National Foreign Policy | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/foreign-policy-in-national/israel-the-legacy-of-1948-and...
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6 comments // Israel, the legacy of 1948 and the Palestinian Nakba // Video

  • freecrack
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      freecrack  

    • facts actualy arent in dispute as to how israel came to be.
      revisionists are just working very hard to create a narrative based in delegitimizing a legitimate state.if you think the "facts" arent agreed upon, you are falling prey to revisionist propaganda over historical documentation.

    • 1 year ago
  • Aimee_Kligman
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      Aimee_Kligman  
    • freecrack:

      It is the revisionists versions I try to avoid. Zionists are trying to rewrite the history, omitting facts and figures that don't please them. I rely on data which is archived in Israel. There is nothing about de-ligitimizing something with is legitimate, correct? I come from the area, and being Jewish, I'd like to think that my family did not make a mistake by coming to the US rather than migrate to Israel.

    • 1 year ago
  • freecrack
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      freecrack  
    • Aimee_Kligman:

      the israeli/palestinian conflict is one with a lot of attention on it.
      form the zionist to the jihadi to the nazi to antisemites to neo-cons to radical lefitsts and so on.
      the revisionism has no one source or narrative.

      creation of israel,wether zionist view or not,is not a matter of debate.facts free of political agendas and religious bullshit stand as truth.making any other disputes propaganda.depending on the narrative to what end.

      im not a zionist, nor can anyone claim making alliyah was the right or wrong thing to do.

      only time will tell

    • 1 year ago
  • Aimee_Kligman
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      Aimee_Kligman  
    • freecrack:

      People made aliyah for different reasons. Not all Israelis are zionists and vice versa. But this is a case of the oppressed becoming the oppressor. You don't need to read to come to that conclusion.

    • 1 year ago
  • freecrack
  • Aimee_Kligman
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      Aimee_Kligman  

    • George Mitchell is not an idiot. He knows full well that the Middle East has changed irreversibly. It would be foolish to think that one could go back to the robotic shuttle diplomacy of yore which actually disabled the peace process.

    • 1 year ago
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