tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8475986.post116165809626665486..comments2024-03-21T05:29:07.463-04:00Comments on THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS: WHICH GROUP HAD MORE REFUGEES IN 1948, ARABS OR JEWS?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8475986.post-1161909976574694062006-10-26T20:46:00.000-04:002006-10-26T20:46:00.000-04:00You paint a simple picture of a more complex reali...You paint a simple picture of a more complex reality. <BR/><BR/>Forced to leave? Fled? No doubt this was partly true but there was also the Zionist belief that all Jews should return to Israel. Many thousands were actively encouraged and helped to move. Don't forget how important it was to the Zionist movement to populate the Jewish State with, well, with Jews. There was an incentive to leave "foreign" lands and return to the "homeland". <BR/><BR/>In contrast, except to racists who lump all Arabs into one group, the Palestinians wished to remain where they were and not join some other Arab nations (I mean, what sense does that make?).<BR/><BR/>And since you are advocating a deal for Jewish refugees, here is a suggestion. Allow a right of return for all - Jews and Palestinians alike.<BR/><BR/>There are serious problems in the region but Israel's facing up to its actions over the last 40 years (the occupation) seems necessary if Israel hopes to have some semblance of peace. The partition of Palestine was a disastrous error. Would things have turned out better had Palestine been a bi-national state? I think yes. It would also have been a model for the world of how to truly live in peace. Instead we have the scourge of scourges - ethnic nationalism.willtotruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10800733332420084915noreply@blogger.com