What Israeli Historians Say About 1948 Ethnic Cleansing
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- Written by Charley Reese Charley Reese
- Published: 21 November 2006 21 November 2006
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Tal: “What attracted you to the eviction of Palestinian Arabs during the War of Liberation?”
Morris: “Till then everyone in Israel spoke about Arabs who had just run away in 1948, but there existed no real historical research on it. There were two conflicting propaganda versions, one Arab and another Jewish. As one who received his education in Israel, I thought I knew that the Arabs had ‘run away.’ But I knew nothing else. The Jewish generations of 1948, however, knew the truth and deliberately misrepresented it. They knew there were plenty of mass deportations, massacres and rapes…The soldiers and the officials knew, but they suppressed what they knew and were deliberately disseminating lies.”
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Israel ups the stakes in the propaganda war
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- Written by Stewart Purvis Stewart Purvis
- Published: 20 November 2006 20 November 2006
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Following its invasion of Lebanon this summer, Israel was said to have largely lost the PR battle to Hizbullah, but armed with a major web offensive, it's fighting back
UN slams Israel over Beit Hanun shelling, approves inquiry panel
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- Written by Shlomo Shamir, Haaretz Correspondent Shlomo Shamir, Haaretz Correspondent
- Published: 19 November 2006 19 November 2006
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Saturday, Nov, 18 2006 By Shlomo Shamir, Haaretz Correspondent, and Haaretz Service
The UN General Assembly on Friday night overwhelmingly passed a resolution condemning the errant shelling of a Beit Hanun house which killed some 20 Palestinians.
Representatives of 156 countries voted in favor of the resolution, seven objected and six abstained.
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UN slams Israel over Beit Hanun shelling, approves inquiry panel
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- Written by Shlomo Shamir, Haaretz Correspondent, and Haaretz Service Shlomo Shamir, Haaretz Correspondent, and Haaretz Service
- Published: 18 November 2006 18 November 2006
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The UN General Assembly on Friday night overwhelmingly passed a resolution
condemning the errant shelling of a Beit Hanun house which killed some 20
Palestinians.
Representatives of 156 countries voted in favor of the resolution, seven
objected and six abstained.
Voting "no" were the United States, Israel, Australia, the Marshall Islands,
Micronesia, Nauru and Palau. Abstaining were Canada, Ivory Coast, Papua New
Guinea, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
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Israel dismisses new peace plan
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- Published: 17 November 2006 17 November 2006
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Israel has dismissed a Middle East peace plan put forward by Spain, France and Italy.
The plan calls for a ceasefire and increased international intervention in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
An Israeli official said parts of the plan were being discussed, but it was not being taken seriously as it was not co-ordinated with the EU or Israel.
The Spanish prime minister proposed the plan, saying the situation required urgent action by the outside world.
"We cannot remain impassive in the face of the horror that continues to unfold before our eyes," Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said.