Feiglin's plan may be unrealistic but at least he is raising the issue of what happens in the long term. We have a current ruling party that offers absolutely no guidance whatsoever as to what it would like to do in the short term, the medium term or the long term. In fact it offers no guidance whatsoever on anything and has not issued a manifesto in over 15 years. Its entire election campaign is based on "If the other guys get in, they will establish a Palestinian state", the same claim they have been using repeatedly over those 15 years (and a bit rich from a leader who famously actually endorsed the 2 state solution himself).
As Jewish Israeli historians have repeatedly pointed out, based on archived IDF and Israeli government documents, the Arab countries were not responsible for creating the Palestinian refugee problem. Israel was.
None of the neighboring countries expelled any of the Palestinians. There's no reason to think they should be responsible take them in.
Morris isn't the only historian of note. And yes, even according to Morris Israel was responsible for expelling a huge number of Palestinians at different stages and different places during the war, and that was certainly true during operation Hiram in October, 1948, when the IDF conquered the North and committed several massacres and other atrocities.
And what do you think? The legal, land owning Arabs just willingly decided to leave their property and belongings and their entire lives without any intention of returning?? However they ended up on the wrong side of the border Israel refused to let them back and confiscated all their property without compensation! Of course they still hate Israel today, it's not hard to understand.
Come on, let's try to be at least somewhat objective on this. Israel has done bad things. So have the Palestinians. It's not one side is totally good and the other is totally evil.
You're mixing together a hodgepodge of thoughts, which do not refute Morris' point or back up your original claim, which was in any case unrelated to my post.
I am not, and you are the one who suggested that other countries should take them in. So, yes, it is relevant to at least a portion of your post. Learn some actual history about this period before writing hand-picked, one-sided, misleading comments about it.
I have to admit parachuting the Gazans into Iran and sticking the ayatollahs with them has a certain appeal. 😈
Feiglin's plan may be unrealistic but at least he is raising the issue of what happens in the long term. We have a current ruling party that offers absolutely no guidance whatsoever as to what it would like to do in the short term, the medium term or the long term. In fact it offers no guidance whatsoever on anything and has not issued a manifesto in over 15 years. Its entire election campaign is based on "If the other guys get in, they will establish a Palestinian state", the same claim they have been using repeatedly over those 15 years (and a bit rich from a leader who famously actually endorsed the 2 state solution himself).
As Jewish Israeli historians have repeatedly pointed out, based on archived IDF and Israeli government documents, the Arab countries were not responsible for creating the Palestinian refugee problem. Israel was.
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/israel-and-the-palestinians-1.896017
None of the neighboring countries expelled any of the Palestinians. There's no reason to think they should be responsible take them in.
Morris isn't the only historian of note. And yes, even according to Morris Israel was responsible for expelling a huge number of Palestinians at different stages and different places during the war, and that was certainly true during operation Hiram in October, 1948, when the IDF conquered the North and committed several massacres and other atrocities.
And what do you think? The legal, land owning Arabs just willingly decided to leave their property and belongings and their entire lives without any intention of returning?? However they ended up on the wrong side of the border Israel refused to let them back and confiscated all their property without compensation! Of course they still hate Israel today, it's not hard to understand.
Come on, let's try to be at least somewhat objective on this. Israel has done bad things. So have the Palestinians. It's not one side is totally good and the other is totally evil.
You're mixing together a hodgepodge of thoughts, which do not refute Morris' point or back up your original claim, which was in any case unrelated to my post.
I am not, and you are the one who suggested that other countries should take them in. So, yes, it is relevant to at least a portion of your post. Learn some actual history about this period before writing hand-picked, one-sided, misleading comments about it.
They started the war. That makes them very responsible for it. Every war leads to refugees