The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
by Ilan Pappé, Luis Noriega · first published 2006
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A scholarly history of the 1948 expulsion of Palestinians, written by an Israeli historian and based on sources, offering an account that goes beyond headlines.
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…The Jewish State (Der Judenstaat), (1896) [https://archive.org/details/ajewishstateana00aviggoog] On Palestine - Noam Chomsky [https://www.amazon.com/Palestine-Noam-Chomsky/dp/1608464709/...] The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine - Ilan Pappe (jewish historian) [https://www.amazon.com/Ethnic-Cleansing-Palestine-Ilan-Pappe...]
on “Ex-NSA man slams Israel for strike on alleged Hamas cyber attackers” ↗…[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceCOhdgRBoc] The Jewish State (Der Judenstaat), (1896) [https://archive.org/details/ajewishstateana00aviggoog] On Palestine - Noam Chomsky [https://www.amazon.com/Palestine-Noam-Chomsky/dp/1608464709/...] The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine - Ilan Pappe (jewish historian) [https://www.amazon.com/The-Ethnic-Cleansing-of-Palestine/dp/...]
on “Ex-NSA man slams Israel for strike on alleged Hamas cyber attackers” ↗…terrorism then? Sources please. [Empire Files: How Palestine Became Colonized](https://youtu.be/BT5L4YU_Fl4) [Israeli Army Vet’s Exposé - “I Was the Terrorist”](https://youtu.be/1Rk1dAIhiVc) ["The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine" by Israeli scholar and historian Ilan Pappe](http://a.co/d/6Y5oaxm) [If Americans Knew - What every American needs to know about Israel/Palestine](http://ifamericaknew.org/) It's quite amusing how…
on “Crypto exchange Binance helped Iranian firms trade $8B despite sanctions” ↗…driven off their land before the war started (my parents included). One would be much better off reading actual historical accounts the region: The Hundred Years War on Palestine (Rashid Khaldi) and The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (Ilan Pappe).
on “Daily chart: A new low for global democracy” ↗…provided 0 evidence for your false claims. [0] https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/02/israels-apart... [1] Israeli Army Vet’s Exposé - “I Was the Terrorist”: https://youtu.be/1Rk1dAIhiVc [2] "The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine" by Israeli scholar and historian Ilan Pappe: http://a.co/d/6Y5oaxm
on “Crypto exchange Binance helped Iranian firms trade $8B despite sanctions” ↗…it’s the civilians that voted a decade ago for Hamas. And on and on. Read a short book and start to see for yourself. 1. The Hundred Years War on Palestine - Khalidi (Palestinian Arab author) 2. The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine - Pappe (Israeli Jewish author)
on “Al Jazeera condemns Israeli government decision to shut down channel” ↗…packaged in reasonable sounding words. Israel has a long documented history of using terrorism to build its state. If you truly oppose terrorism I recommend starting with the books I've sourced. [1] The ethnic cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappé [2] The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 by Rashid Kahlidi
on “Leaked data reveals Israeli govt campaign to remove pro-Palestine posts on Meta” ↗…anywhere, I think you're talking to antisemites I'm sure I've spoken to anti-semites in my life, but your accusation is merely begging the question. I learned the history largely from a book titled "The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ethnic_Cleansing_of_Pale... You need not support the actions political party of the Zionists to support Israel or the Jewish people the same that you need not support…
on “German Made State Malware Company FinFisher Raided” ↗…pro-Palestinians and its coverage is therefore often slanted. Instead, consult books written by historians on the subject. Some good ones are The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited, The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, The War for Palestine: Rewriting the History of 1948, and All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. The quotes you cite are from Joseph Schechtman and Rony…
on “Israel tries to limit fallout from the Pegasus spyware scandal” ↗…https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour_Declaration [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deir_Yassin_massacre [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantura_massacre You can also try this book by an Israeli historian, called "The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ethnic_Cleansing_of_Palest...
…recognized as ethnic cleansing and dispossession of land and homes. It's simply settler colonialism (the settlements continue every year). This was well documented by Israeli historian Ilan Pappe (The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine) among others. Most people simply hear news about violence, rockets, suicide bombers, etc. and do not understand the context. It's as if the Palestinians did not exist and the ethnic cleansing did not…
on “Anonymous Google, Amazon workers decry deal with Israel” ↗…ethnic cleansing and dispossession of land and homes. It's simply settler colonialism (the number of settlements continue to grow every year). This was well documented by Israeli historian Ilan Pappe (The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine) among others. Most people simply hear news about violence, rockets, suicide bombers, etc. and do not understand the context. It's as if the Palestinians did not exist and the ethnic cleansing did not…
on “Israeli Diplomat Pressured UNC to Remove Teacher Who Criticized Israel” ↗…a terrorist state in the world: [Empire Files: How Palestine Became Colonized](https://youtu.be/BT5L4YU_Fl4) [Israeli Army Vet’s Exposé - “I Was the Terrorist”](https://youtu.be/1Rk1dAIhiVc) ["The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine" by Israeli scholar and historian Ilan Pappe](http://a.co/d/6Y5oaxm) [If Americans Knew - What every American needs to know about Israel/Palestine](http://ifamericaknew.org/) Israel is not only a terrorist…
on “Crypto exchange Binance helped Iranian firms trade $8B despite sanctions” ↗…Haganah blueprint that shifted to offensive operations, leading to the depopulation of hundreds of villages and the flight or expulsion of around 750,000 Palestinians. Historians like Ilan Pappé (in “The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine”) argue it was a systematic plan for ethnic cleansing, with tactics like sieges, bombings, and forced removals. That’s not something to downplay or excuse: it’s a dark chapter, and comparing elements…
…troops, or forced out at gunpoint, some Zionists still cling to the debunked "called out"-theory. That's the power of propaganda, I guess. I find it callous and cynical to attempt to justify Israel's ethnic cleansing of Palestine with Jewish emigration from Arab countries in the 1950s and 1960s. That the Arab countries persecuted their Jewish minorities cannot justify an ethnic cleansing committed decades prior. Furthermore, some…
on “Israel tries to limit fallout from the Pegasus spyware scandal” ↗