Israeli leader called for Palestinian villages to be 'wiped out' in 1948, documents reveal
Technical glitch in Israel's state archive also shows David Ben Gurion called for Palestinian villages to be 'wiped out'
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Technical glitch in Israel's state archive also shows David Ben Gurion called for Palestinian villages to be 'wiped out'
Minister's remarks in 1948 that he can 'forgive instances of rape' and Ben-Gurion's assertion that some Palestinian villages must be 'wiped out' were censored from unclassified docs, but exposed due to technical error
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