Jews acting like adults while Arabs act like babies - in 1948

The time between May 1 and May 15, 1948, was a strange time in British Mandate Palestine. Many British bureaucrats had already packed up and left ahead of their official departure on May 15. But the Jewish state couldn't be declared yet.Normal governmental functions still needed to be done. And who did them?The Jews, of course.Palestine Post, May 3, 1948:May 4:Someone...

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75 years ago: Arabs stab Jewish woman, and keep stabbing after she's dead

The terror attacks against Jews in the months after the partition were so frequent that even the most hideous attacks were buried on page 3 (out of four) of the Palestine Post.Here we learn about Raya Sitek, a 45 year old woman who was stabbed multiple times to death in Jaffa over the weekend of January 2, 1948.Her Arab attackers weren't satisfied with simply killing her....

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Antisemitic cartoons in Falastin newspaper (Jaffa), Summer 1936

During the summer of 1936, a couple of months into the Arab revolt, the Jaffa-based Falastin newspaper started publishing on its front cover editorial cartoons that were shown in English as well as Arabic.Some were blatantly antisemitic.Here are a few:The Zionist crocodile to Palestine Arabs: "Don't be afraid!! I vill swallow you peacefully..."Note the accented "vill."Years...

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Mainstream Palestinian newspaper editor is certifiably insane

Should someone tell him what the purpose of a green screen is?The editor of Ma'an, Nasser Al-Lahham, recently took ill. Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas called him up to wish him a full recovery. Ma'an, while independent, is largely aligned with Fatah.And two recent editorials by al-Lahham are quite insane.In one rant where he says that all Israeli natural gas is really...

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