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In-depth article looking at the systematic preparations that were made for the ethnic cleansing of over 750,000 Palestinians from what would become Israel in 1948. The article highlights, among other things, the 'Village Files' project between 1940-47, which involved the systematic compilation of maps and intelligence on Arab villages and a series of military plans culminating in Plan Dalet, according to which the 1948 war was fought.

Jewish people comprised just 8% of the (British Mandate of) Palestine at its inception in 1919. The indigenous Palestinians had viciously been... - Society & Politics Question

Stuart Littlewood, Britain [ Editor’s Note: Stuart has a very full review in his article below on how we got to where we are now from a beginning orchestrated by the usual suspects. It is filled with gem historical quotes. I would advise readers to save this as it is the kind of material that Google breaks links to. We are at the point where 20th century history has to be dispersed in order to be preserved. The millennials are currently showing no interest in these kinds of information battles. When Google rachets down the blocks and the bannings, it may have completed its strangle hold on ...

403 6 minutes read https://www.amazon.com/dp/B094YL965G Originally published in 2008, this article has been edited to reflect the passage of time. Richard Becker is the author of Palestine, Israel and the U.S. Empire. Read his latest article on Palestine here. May 15 marks the 72nd anniversary of what is billed in the U.S. and Israeli mainstream media as Israel’s “independence,” and what the Palestinian and Arab peoples as a whole know as al-Nakba—the Catastrophe. To make way for the creation of the Israeli settler state, more than half of the Palestinian population was driven out...

Palestinians leave Gaza through the Erez checkpoint in northern Gaza. (Photo: APA Images) It was my first trip out of Gaza, and my destination was the city of Nablus in the West Bank to pursue my university studies. At the time the Oslo Accords were still somewhat in effect. That allowed Palestinians from Gaza to travel to the West Bank – through Israel – provided they were issued a permit by the Israeli authorities.   Since I was only 18, a hot-headed teenager with a mood for security breaches, so the Israeli authorities assumed, I was required to have an adult escort me across ...