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[[File:February 22, 1948.JPG|thumb|[https://books.google.com/books?id=D7p9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA142#v=onepage&q&f=false Jews fleeing a bombing in Ben Yehudah Street, Feb 22, 1942]]]. | [[File:February 22, 1948.JPG|thumb|[https://books.google.com/books?id=D7p9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA142#v=onepage&q&f=false Jews fleeing a bombing in Ben Yehudah Street, Feb 22, 1942]]]. | ||
| − | + | There was a cruel [[ethnic cleansing]] by the armed Arabs of the pious Jews in [[Jerusalem]]. The Jews of the old city, the dwelling of their families in Jerusalem going back for generations, were given one hour to pack. | |
It has been documented: <i>the Arab Legion’s scorched-earth tactics that razed and burned to the ground every structure there, including all its synagogues and yeshivahs. The Arabs expelled all of the city’s residents, mainly defenseless, old Orthodox Jews. They were given about an hour to vacate homes that most extended families had lived in for centuries.</i><ref>Richard Pollock, "[https://www.jns.org/opinion/a-will-to-survive-recalls-arab-ethnic-cleansing-of-jerusalems-jews A Will to Survive’ recalls Arab ethnic cleansing of Jerusalem’s Jews]", JNS, August 12, 2021. | It has been documented: <i>the Arab Legion’s scorched-earth tactics that razed and burned to the ground every structure there, including all its synagogues and yeshivahs. The Arabs expelled all of the city’s residents, mainly defenseless, old Orthodox Jews. They were given about an hour to vacate homes that most extended families had lived in for centuries.</i><ref>Richard Pollock, "[https://www.jns.org/opinion/a-will-to-survive-recalls-arab-ethnic-cleansing-of-jerusalems-jews A Will to Survive’ recalls Arab ethnic cleansing of Jerusalem’s Jews]", JNS, August 12, 2021. | ||
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As many as 870,000 Jews (persecuted by the Arab League as the “Jewish minority of Palestine”) were driven from, or fled, the Arab world at around the same time as the Palestinian refugees — and as a consequence of the same conflict, merely because Jews in Arab lands shared the same religion and ethnicity as Israelis.</i></ref> | As many as 870,000 Jews (persecuted by the Arab League as the “Jewish minority of Palestine”) were driven from, or fled, the Arab world at around the same time as the Palestinian refugees — and as a consequence of the same conflict, merely because Jews in Arab lands shared the same religion and ethnicity as Israelis.</i></ref> | ||
| − | See *[http://Jewishregugees.uk.org - Jewish Refugees] *[http://jimena.org Jimena] | + | See: |
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Revision as of 19:28, October 11, 2021
| 1948 Arab-Israeli War | ||
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| Overview | ||
| Part of | Arab-Israeli conflict | |
| Date | May 15, 1948-March 10, 1949 | |
| Location | Israel | |
| Combatants | ||
 Israel
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Arab League Consisting of: Egypt Syria Jordan Lebanon Saudi Arabia Iraq | |
| Commanders | ||
| David Ben-Gurion | Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam Farouk of Egypt Abdullah I of Jordan Muzahim al-Pachachi Husni al-Za'im | |
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The 1948 Arab-Israeli War, referred to as the War of Independence (מלחמת השחרור) by Israelis, and The Catastrophe ("al Nakba", النكبة) by Arabs, where some 700,000 Palestinians were expelled or self evacuated [1][2][3] told by Arab leaders to leave (till after "victory") from their homeland, was the first armed conflict fought by the modern state of Israel, with a total population of approximately 600,000, against the armies of the Arab nations of Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and other Arab militias. About 6,000 Israelis died in the war, or fully one percent of the population, but the war ended in 1949 with a United Nations-brokered armistice. As a result of the war, Israel grew by some 50% over the original Partition of British Palestine. Some 800,000 Jews were expelled from neighboring Arab states and allowed to settle in Israel.
At the time, Head of Muslim Brotherhood Hassan al-Banna declared: "If the Jewish state becomes a fact, and this is realized by the Arab peoples, they will drive the Jews who live in their midst into the sea"[4]
Ethnic cleansing - Jerusalem
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There was a cruel ethnic cleansing by the armed Arabs of the pious Jews in Jerusalem. The Jews of the old city, the dwelling of their families in Jerusalem going back for generations, were given one hour to pack. It has been documented: the Arab Legion’s scorched-earth tactics that razed and burned to the ground every structure there, including all its synagogues and yeshivahs. The Arabs expelled all of the city’s residents, mainly defenseless, old Orthodox Jews. They were given about an hour to vacate homes that most extended families had lived in for centuries.[5] The Jordanian commander, Abdullah el-Tal, boasted to his superiors:[6][7][8]
"For the first time in 1,000 years not a single Jew remains in the Jewish Quarter. Not a single building remains intact. This makes the Jews' return here impossible."
Ethnic cleansing: Jews from Arab Muslim lands
Bigotry in Arab Islamic countries led to explusion of over close to 900,000 Jews.
Prior to 1948, approximately 950,000 Jews[9] lived in Muslim countries of the Middle East, North Africa, and the Persian Gulf.[10]
As many as 870,000 Jews (persecuted by the Arab League as the “Jewish minority of Palestine”) were driven from, or fled, the Arab world at around the same time as the Palestinian refugees — and as a consequence of the same conflict, merely because Jews in Arab lands shared the same religion and ethnicity as Israelis.[11]
See:
Further reading
- Tucker, Spencer C., ed. The Encyclopedia of the Arab-Israeli Conflict A Political, Social, and Military History (4 vol. 2008)
- ↑ Were the Palestinians Expelled? The historical record has something definitive to say about the next big item on the anti-Israel agenda: a "right of… by Efraim Karsh, Commentary Magazine, July/August 2000
- ↑ Myths & Facts - The Refugees - Jewish Virtual Library
- ↑ Contradicting Its Own Archives, New York Times Cites Expulsion of Haifa’s Arabs By T. Sternthal, CAMERA, May 18, 2020
- ↑ Aim To Oust Jews Pledged By Sheikh; Head of Moslem Brotherhood Says U.S., British 'Politics' Has Hurt Palestine Solution. Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES By Dana Adams Schmidt, Aug. 2, 1948, page 4 CAIRO, Egypt, Aug. 1 -- Sheikh Hassan el-Bana, head of the Moslem Brotherhood, largest of the extremist Arab nationalist organizations, declared in an interview today: "If the Jewish state becomes a fact, and this is realized by the Arab peoples, they will drive the Jews who live in their midst into the sea ...
- ↑ Richard Pollock, "A Will to Survive’ recalls Arab ethnic cleansing of Jerusalem’s Jews", JNS, August 12, 2021.
A “Life” magazine photojournalist rekindles the 1948 Arab destruction of the city’s Jewish Quarter, along with the eviction of its residents.
I recently stumbled upon a photography book shot by the acclaimed Life magazine wartime photographer John Phillips. The large, innocuous-looking book was simply titled, A Will to Survive. After flipping through the pages, I realized I entered a time capsule that memorializes the Arab destruction of Jerusalem’s ancient Jewish Quarter in 1948.
Not only is it a dramatic firsthand account of the fall of the Jewish Quarter in 1948, but it documents the Arab Legion’s scorched-earth tactics that razed and burned to the ground every structure there, including all its synagogues and yeshivahs. The Arabs expelled all of the city’s residents, mainly defenseless, old Orthodox Jews. They were given about an hour to vacate homes that most extended families had lived in for centuries.
- ↑ Hadoar, Vol. 81. Iss. 19. ha-Doʻar Association, 2002. p. 10.
- ↑ Alan Balfour, "The Walls of Jerusalem: Preserving the Past, Controlling the Future," (John Wiley & Sons, 2019), p. 142.
An estimated 2000 Jews remained in the old city during the conflict and every man woman and child who had lived in peace with their Arab neighbors for centuries were driven out into the new Israel. (At the end of the conflict more than 10 000 Jews had been forced to evacuate from Arab held areas.. Col. el-Tell... he is quoted as saying the systematic demolition inflicted merciless terror in the hearts of the Jews, killing both fighters and civilians... For the first time in 1,000 years not a single Jew remains in the Jewish Quarter. Not a single building remains intact. This makes the Jews' return here impossible.
- ↑ Benjamin Pogrund, "Drawing Fire: Investigating the Accusations of Apartheid in Israel," (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014), p. 257.
- ↑ R. Moreh, "Remembering the Jews of the Middle East and North Africa", Haam, Jan 29, 2015
- ↑ Warren Hoge. "Group Spotlights Jews Who Left Arab Lands", November 5, 2007.
- ↑ L Julius, "Why are Jews so quick to defend our enemies?", JC, Oct 7, 2021.
Jewish schools must not teach their pupils a one-sided narrative of Palestinian victimhood... As many as 870,000 Jews (persecuted by the Arab League as the “Jewish minority of Palestine”) were driven from, or fled, the Arab world at around the same time as the Palestinian refugees — and as a consequence of the same conflict, merely because Jews in Arab lands shared the same religion and ethnicity as Israelis.