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Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Arabic media claim Kfar Saba is purely Arab. A Talmudic-era mosaic says otherwise.

The Palestinian Safa news site writes about Kfar Saba, which it claims is a purely Arab town that had been taken over by Jews who are fabricating a Jewish history there.I always enjoy researching stories like this, because I learn things - and almost invariably, what I learn is that there is a far deeper Jewish connection to everywhere in Israel than an Arab one.The most impressive...

75 years ago: Just like today: False accusations of Israeli massacres along with real Arab terrorism

From the Palestine Post, August 12, 1948:There was a different version of the story reported by wire services:Jews have burned 28 Arab villagers alive at Eltera, near Haifa, according to a telegram which is reported to have been sent to the UN Security Councll by the Secretary-General of the Arab League (Azzan Pasha).The telegram declared that during the present cease-fire...

The UN's history of the "Question of Palestine" omits every single Palestinian attack on Jews

The UN has a webpage where it shows a timeline on the "Question of Palestine."It is biased as hell. It starts with "1885 – The term 'Zionism' first coined by the Viennese writer, Nathan Birnbaum."There is no mention of Jewish history in the region for thousands of years. No mention of Jewish kingdoms. No mention of the centrality of Eretz Israel and Jerusalem to Judaism. ...

Iraqi radio to Palestinian Arabs 75 years ago against their return: "Choose death over the Jews!"

The Palestine Post, July 26, 1948, reported:A commentator on the Baghdad Radio strongly criticized the refugees in the Arab States for their complaints about their treatment. Arabs who said they wished they had stayed in Palestine with the Jews should he shot as spies. he urged. "The Jews will make you their slaves, if you return to them." the commentator said. "They...

75 years ago: An Israeli government minister does all he can to help Arabs

From the Palestine Post, July 22, 1948:Israel had a Minister of Minorities in 1948 whose job as to advocate for the Arab minority population. This hardly fits in with the narrative of the Israeli leaders doing everything they could to expel Arabs. The ministry only existed for a year, and its minister had conflicts with other government institutions, particularly...

75 years ago: Another Egyptian air raid on Tel Aviv kills 18

From the Palestine Post, July 14, 1948:By the next day, the death toll reached 18:This attack is not even mentioned in Wikipedia's list of major attacks on civilians during the war.Egypt had been bombing civilian areas in Tel Aviv nearly continuously since Israel declared independence on May 14, and the total casualties of innocent Jews was much higher than I had realized....

The British didn't leave Palestine on May 15, 1948 - but on June 30

The last British soldiers did not leave Palestine until six weeks after Israel declared independence.The British continues to control Haifa's port until June 30, when they finally left and Israel took over.And within hours of the withdrawal, Israel introduced its new navy. (London Daily Herald, July 1 1948)It was so small that United Press put the word "navy" in scare...