Al-Nakba Series on the Palestinian 'catastrophe' of 1948 that led to dispossession and conflict that still endures.
“The Nakba did not begin in 1948. Its origins lie over two centuries ago….”

So begins this four-part series on the ‘nakba’, meaning the ‘catastrophe’, about the history of the Palestinian exodus that led to the first Arab-Israeli war in 1948 and the establishment of the state of Israel.

This sweeping history starts back in 1799 with Napoleon’s attempted advance into Palestine to check British expansion and his appeal to the Jews of the world to reclaim their land in league with France.

The narrative moves through the 19th century and into the 20th century with the British Mandate in Palestine and comes right up to date in the 21st century and the ongoing ‘nakba’ on the ground.

Arab, Israeli and Western intellectuals, historians and eye-witnesses provide the central narrative which is accompanied by archive material and documents, many only recently released for the first time.

For Palestinians, 1948 marks the 'Nakba' or the 'catastrophe', when hundreds of thousands were forced out of their homes.
But for Israelis, the same year marks the creation of their own state.
This series attempts to present an understanding of the events of the past that are still shaping the present.

This story starts in 1799, outside the walls of Acre in Ottoman-controlled Palestine, when an army under Napoleon Bonaparte besieged the city. It was all part of a campaign to defeat the Ottomans and establish a French presence in the region.

In search of allies, Napoleon issued a letter offering Palestine as a homeland to the Jews under French protection. He called on the Jews to ‘rise up’ against what he called their oppressors.

Napoleon’s appeal was widely publicised. But he was ultimately defeated. In Acre today, the only memory of him is a statue atop a hill overlooking the city.

Yet Napoleon’s project for a Jewish homeland in the region under a colonial protectorate did not die, 40 years later, the plan was revived but by the British.

On 19 April 1936, the Palestinians launched a national strike to protest against mass Jewish immigration and what they saw as Britain’s alliance with the Zionist movement.

The British responded with force. During the six months of the strike, over 190 Palestinians were killed and more than 800 wounded.
Wary of popular revolt, Arab leaders advised the Palestinians to end the strike.

Palestinian leaders bowed to pressure from the Arab heads of state and agreed to meet the British Royal Commission of Inquiry headed by Lord Peel.

In its report of July 1937, the Peel Commission recommended the partition of Palestine. Its report drew the frontiers of a Jewish state in one-third of Palestine, and an Arab state in the remaining two-thirds, to be merged with Transjordan.

A corridor of land from Jerusalem to Jaffa would remain under British mandate. The Commission also recommended transferring where necessary Palestinians from the lands allocated to the new Jewish state.

The Commission’s proposals were widely published and provoked heated debate.

As the Palestinian revolt continued, Britain’s response hardened. Between 1936 and 1937, the British killed over 1,000 Palestinians; 37 British military police and 69 Jews also died.

After reading the above post im still dumb on what to say, many things are still hidden, what did you think?
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Source:http://www.weyab.com/2013/05/al-nakba-series-on-palestinian.html

Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Judia and Samaria, Nazareth are all Jewish Cities in Ancient times.

Remember, the Arab massacre of the native Jews of Bethlehem in 1929.

Again, Palestine is not a country but a geographical location administered by the Turks for 400 years.

The Arab Palestinians are not a distinct people but Arabs who migrated to the area and of course some Jews who may have been converted to Islam. They have no historic cities, kings, language, currency, artifacts etc that can attest to the ownership of the Land.

The Bible and Koran manuscripts have given a brief and detailed history of Jewish presence in the Area.

Moreover, Jordan, Lebanon were also created in those days but are not in dispute because they are all majority Arabs and Muslims.

The Arab / Israeli Conflict is majorly about difference in religion than difference in race.

If the Jews become minority and Arab majority in Israel today, they will pass their sharia law and force the Jews to live under their dictate. Then the Arab Palestinians will be happy but it's not going to happen.

The solution should be to settle those Palestinian refuges to be citizens of the country they were born then let Gaza be a country or join Egypt and West Bank Area A & B be joined to their brothers in Jordan and be renamed Arab Palestine.

Ngwakwe: Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Judia and Samaria, Nazareth are all Jewish Cities in Ancient times.

Remember, the Arab massacre of the native Jews of Bethlehem in 1929.

Again, Palestine is not a country but a geographical location administered by the Turks for 400 years.

The Arab Palestinians are not a distinct people but Arabs who migrated to the area and of course some Jews who may have been converted to Islam. They have no historic cities, kings, language, currency, artifacts etc that can attest to the ownership of the Land.

The Bible and Koran manuscripts have given a brief and detailed history of Jewish presence in the Area.

Moreover, Jordan, Lebanon were also created in those days but are not in dispute because they are all majority Arabs and Muslims.

The Arab / Israeli Conflict is majorly about difference in religion than difference in race.

If the Jews become minority and Arab majority in Israel today, they will pass their sharia law and force the Jews to live under their dictate. Then the Arab Palestinians will be happy but it's not going to happen.

The solution should be to settle those Palestinian refuges to be citizens of the country they were born then let Gaza be a country or join Egypt and West Bank Area A & B be joined to their brothers in Jordan and be renamed Arab Palestine.

Nice I can remember the massacre, The Hebron. massacre refers to the killing of sixty-seven Jews(including 23 college students) on 24 August 1929 in Hebron, then part of Mandatory Palestine, by Arabs incited to violence by false rumours that Jews were massacring Arabs inJerusalem and seizing control of Muslim holy places. Many of the 435 Jews who survived were hidden by local Arab families. Soon after, all Hebron's Jews were evacuated by the British authorities. Many returned in 1931, but almost all left again during1936–1939. The massacre formed part of the1929 Palestine riots, in which a total of 133 Jews were killed by Arabs, and brought the centuries-old Jewish presence in Hebron to an end.
It led to the re-organization and development of the Jewish paramilitary organization, the Haganah, which later became the nucleus of theIsrael Defense Forces. In the metanarrative of Zionism, according to Michelle Campos, the event became 'a central symbol of Jewish persecution at the hands of bloodthirsty Arabs.'and was "engraved in the national psyche of Israeli Jews", particularly those who settled in Hebron after 1967. Things can never move well in isreal because Palestinians are accusing them of enslaving them in Their own land and isrealite , the Jews are not even happy when remembering the past , the hatred from Arabs , each day they wish they wish they can destroy all Arabians, each day they remember the wickedness of Arabs toward Jews... But for me I think everyone should go his own way and forget the past....give the palestinine what they need...let gaza worth a country, merge many things if posible ....my fear is even UN, US, ARAB LEAGUE are even confuse